Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts

, also known as ***Journey with Ghost Along Yokaido Road,*** is a 1969 Japanese Tokusatsu movie directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda and Kimiyoshi Yasuda. it is the third in a trilogy of movies produced in the late 1960s, which focus around Japanese monsters known collectively as _yōkai_.

Notably darker in tone than its more famous predecessors, _Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts_ focuses much more on a Jidaigeki storyline than it does on its titular monsters. While monsters do appear throughout the movie, they are relegated to antagonistic roles, more akin to their appearances in traditional _kaidan_.

## Plot

In Japan, Miyo has evidence that should stop the corruption in her town, but soon she finds not only her life in danger, but those of her family as well. When Miyo's grandfather is murdered on sacred grounds, the Yokai are summoned and seek out the people responsible.

## Cast

- Rokkō Toura
- Kojiro Hongo as Hyakasuro
- Kazue Tamaki as Nibei
- Yutaro Ban
- Koichi Mizuhara as Koichi Mizuhara
- Fujiharu
- Natsuko Oka
- Satoko Yamamura
- Haruyoshi Takeuchi
- Katsuyoshi Baba
- Masami Burukido (as Masami Kojomon) as Miyo (Jinbei's granddaughter)

## Crew

- Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda and Kimiyoshi Yasuda
- Produced by Masaichi Nagata and John Ledford
- Screenplay by Tetsuro Yoshida and Shozaburo Asai
- Music by Michiaki Watanabe
- Cinematography by Hiroshi Imai and Chikichiro Takeda
- Background art by Shigeru Kato and Yoshinobu Nishioka
- Special effects by Nobu Kurashima
- Edited by Toshio Taniguchi
- Production Directed by Hiroshi Ozawa
- developed by Toyo Development Center

## Featured _yōkai_

Most of the youkai are played by children of the children's theater company in Osaka, following the previous two works.

- Hyakuya
- Performance: Sumao Ishihara . Youkai in Suruga Province. First appearance in this work.
- Serpentine
- Performance: Kimiko Ishii . Youkai of Totomi country. The lord of "Onizuka" in the play. First appearance in this work.
- Nurarihyon
- A child actor is playing. Appears in all "Daiei Kyoto Yokai Trilogy". Unlike the previous two works, the haori is a poor kimono and a cane.
- Haunted tree branch
- The fallen branches of the trees of the eight tomb mountains become like human hands and entangle with the intruder.
- Landfall
- Appears in front of Gorokichi and Monta, who stepped into the eight tomb mountains with a knife. It looks like a stone lantern to Miyo and others.
- Noppera-bo
- In front of Gorokichi and Monta, who followed Miyo and Shinta into the eight tomb mountains, Miyo and Shinta appear with eyes and noses.
- Mudabo
- Two bodies appeared in the final procession.
- Youkai water wheel
- The youkai that first appeared in this work. The neck flies around the water wheel. Appeared near the mansion of the Kasha family.
- Fire-breathing woman
- A witch in "Sakon-no-Sakura". There was no scene of blowing fire in this work. In the standing poster, it was up to the leading role.
- Hyosube
- The child actor played. Appears in all "Daiei Kyoto Yokai Trilogy".
- White powder
- Appears in all "Daiei Kyoto Yokai Trilogy".
- Aobōzu
- A youkai ninja in "Ukon no Tachibana". Appears in all "Daiei Kyoto Yokai Trilogy".
- One Corner Great
- Youkai's short-term training head. Participate in the final procession.
- Moejoro
- Appears in all "Daiei Kyoto Yokai Trilogy".
- Mad bone
- It was expressed by the performance of a doll. It appeared in all of the "Daiei Kyoto Yokai Trilogy", and in the final procession, it floated fluffy around the line.
- Karasu Tengu
- Appears as a shadow in the mansion of the Kasha family.
- First kid
- The child actor played. It changes from the tombstone of Eight Tomb Mountains.
- Human soul
- Raw neck
- Appears in Hyakutaro's dream.
- Other
- A yokai of unknown details appears in the scene where the tombstone of Mt. Appears in an eye-catching silhouette.

### Theatrical

_Yokai Monsters Along With Ghosts_ was released in Japan on March 21, 1969 where it was distributed by Daiei Film.

### Home media

- The movie was released on VHS on August 22, 1997, in the LD-BOX "Yokai Seal Box", which was a set with Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters and Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, by Amuse. and Released on DVD by July 26, 2000 Kadokawa Pictures Sales on DVD and Tokuma Japan Communications. Digital New Master copy print.

## Infobox (film)

- **name**: Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts
- **editing**: Toshio Taniguchi
- **language**: Japanese
- **country**: Japan
- **runtime**: 78 minutes
- **distributor**: Daiei Film
- **studio**: Daiei Film
- **background artist**: Shigeru Kato
Yoshinobu Nishioka
- **cinematography**: Hiroshi Imai
Chikichiro Takeda
- **music**: Michiaki Watanabe
- **starring**: Kojiro Hongo
- **screenplay**: Tetsuro Yoshida and Shozaburo Asai
- **producer**: Masaichi Nagata
John Robert Ledford I, John Ledford
- **director**: Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
- **caption**: Theatrical release poster