The Great Yokai War

**Running time** | 124 minutesJP(2 hours, 4 minutes)

***The Great Yokai War***  (妖怪大戦争,   *Yōkai Daisensō*?) is a 2005 yokai fantasy film co-produced by Kadokawa, Japan Film Fund, and Nippon TV, and distributed by Shochiku. The film was released to Japanese theaters on August 16, 2005. It serves as a spiritual successor to Daiei's *Yokai Monsters* films of the 1960's, and is a loose remake of the second entry in the series.

## Plot

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## Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

* Directed by   Takashi Miike
* Written by   Takashi Miike, Mitsuhiko Sawamura, Tsuyohiko Itakura
* Produced by   Fumio Inoue, Shun Shimizu
* Executive producing by   Kazuo Kuroi
* Music by   Koji Endo
* Cinematography by   Hideo Yamamoto
* Edited by   Yasushi Shimamura
* Production design by   Takashi Sasaki
* Assistant directing by   Hideyuki Yamamoto
* Theme song "Ai o Utaou" and Insert Song "Oshiete Jiji" performed by   Kiyoshiro Imawano, Yosuei Inoue
	+ Lyrics by   Takashi Miike
	+ Composed by   Kiyoshiro Imawano

## Cast

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Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

* Ryunosuke Kamiki   as   Tadashi Ino
* Hiroyuki Miyasako   as   Sata, editor for "KWAI"
* Kaho Minami   as   Yoko Ino, Tadashi's mother
* Riko Narumi   as   Tataru Ino, Tadashi's sister / Nopperabo
* Shiro Sano   as   Editor-in-chief of "KWAI"
* Miyuki Miyabe   as   Miyabe, teacher
* Arimasa Osawa
* Yu Tokui   as   Police officer in station
* Itsuji Itao
* Kon Hon   as   Old person at stand
* Yoji Tanaka   as   Yoichi's father
* Toshiya Nagasawa   as   Abe no Seimei
* Kanji Tsuda   as   Tadashi's father / adult Tadashi
* Akira Emoto   as   Farmer at cattle barn
* Bunta Sugawara   as   Shuntaro Ino, Tadashi's grandfather
* Masaomi Kondo   as   Shojo
* Sadao Abe   as   Kawataro
* Mai Takahashi   as   *Kawahime*
* Takashi Okamura   as   *Azukiarai*
* Junko Takeuchi   as   *Sunekosuri*
* Mao Sasaki   as   *Sunekosuri* (angry)
* Hiromasa Taguchi   as   *Ippondatara*
* Kenichi Endo   as   *Daitengu*
* Toshie Negishi   as   Sunakakebaba
* Asumi Miwa   as   *Rokurokubi*
* Rei Yoshi   as   *Yukionna*
* Toru Hotohara   as   Tofukozo
* Renji Ishibashi   as   Okubi
* Kiyoshiro Imawano   as   *Nurarihyon*
* Naoto Takenaka   as   *Aburasumashi*
* Tokitoshi Shioda   as   Moryo / *Gozu*
* NORIYASU   as   *Itsukinokaminari*
* Etsuko Mura   as   *Yanagibaba*
* Yoriko Matsukubo   as   *Kajigababa*
* Kumiko Imai   as   *Ubume*
* Minori Fujiku   as   *Bakeneko* / Kejoro
* Yamada Mame   as   Noderabo / *Kooni*

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Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

* Mitsuru Akahoshi   as   Amefurikozo / *Hyakume*
* Hachiro Ika   as   *Nandobaba* / *Kooni*
* Koichi Funayama   as   *Nurikabe*
* Kenta Tamahashi   as   Sodehikikozo
* Takeru Hirono   as   Mitsumekozo / Hitotsumekozo
* Hiroyuki Otake   as   *Kodama* / *Kamikiri*
* NC Akahide   as   *Karasutengu* / *Kamikiri*
* Miho Harita   as   *Buruburu*
* Nobuo Fujiyama   as   *Tenome*
* So Shikata   as   *Yamawaro*
* Yuji Takatsuki   as   *Namabake*
* Eiji Morisaki   as   Dotabo
* Makoto Arakawa   as   Aobozu
* Yasuaki Sekita   as   Setotaisho
* Hiroshi Kobayashi   as   *Otoshiro* / Nuppeppo
* Takeko Shimizu   as   *Ubagabi*
* Katsuhiko Watanabe, Kiyoshi Hayashi, Kan Yamaguchi, Sensaku Sawada   as   *Tateyamakaeru*
* Noriko Konno   as   *Oshiroibaba*
* Masamichi Sakai   as   *Mujina*
* Satoshi Shimada   as   *Kurokamikiri*
* Shigehide Kajiyama   as   *Aooni*
* Makoto Tokizaki   as   *Hossumori*
* Junji Sanechika   as   *Kurabokko*
* Yuki Hasegawa   as   *Ohagurobettari*
* Salmon Sakeyama   as   *Nuribotoke*
* Masumi Shinbori   as   *Honeonna*
* Toshie Suzuki   as   *Mikaribaba*
* Tetsuta Yoshida   as   Tenjoname
* Hiroyuki Ishiga   as   Mikishinyudo
* Shohei Uno   as   Son Goku
* Junya Inoue   as   Momonji
* Karen Oshima   as   Hakononakanoshojo
* Hiroshi Aramata   as   Gorozaemon Sanmoto
* Natsuhiko Kyogoku   as   Shinoakugoro
* Shigeru Mizuki   as   Great yokai elder

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### English dub

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

* Stephanie Sheh   as   Yoko Ino, Tadashi's mother

### Monsters

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* Shojo
* Kawataro
* *Kawahime*
* *Azukiarai*
* *Sunekosuri*
* *Ippondatara*
* *Daitengu*
* Sunakakebaba
* *Rokurokubi*
* *Yukionna*
* Tofukozo
* Okubi
* *Nurarihyon*
* *Aburasumashi*
* Moryo
* *Gozu*
* *Itsukinokaminari*
* *Hinoenma*
* *Yanagibaba*
* *Kajigababa*
* *Ubume*
* *Bakeneko*
* Kejoro
* Noderabo
* Amefurikozo
* *Hyakume*
* *Nandobaba*
* *Kooni*
* Nopperabo
* *Nurikabe*
* Sodehikikozo
* *Mitsumekozo*
* *Hitotsumekozo*
* *Kodama*
* *Karasutengu*
* *Kamikiri*
* *Buruburu*
* *Tenome*
* *Kappa*
* *Namahage*
* Dorotabo
* Aobozu
* Setotaisho
* *Otoshiro*
* Nuppeppo
* *Ubagabi*
* *Tateyamakaeru*
* *Oshiroibaba*
* *Mujina*
* *Kurokamikiri*
* *Futakuchionna*
* Kaburanotodo
* *Koropokkuru*
* *Kameosa*
* *Akaoni*
* *Aooni*
* Hososhi
* *Mokugyodaruma*
* *Hossumori*
* Hakuzosu
* *Inugami*
* Jorogumo
* *Tesso*
* *Yobuko*
* *Tsuchikorobi*
* *Kurabokko*
* *Ohagurobettari*
* Nozokibo
* *Nuribotoke*
* *Honeonna*
* *Mikaribaba*
* Tenjoname
* Mikoshinyudo
* Son Goku
* Momonji
* Hakononakanoshojo
* Gorozaemon Sanmoto
* Shinnoakugoro
* Great yokai elder
* Agi
* Yasunori Kato
* Qilin
* *Ittanmomen*
* *Bakekasa*
* Takurobi
* *Kudan*
* Wanyudo
* Ungaikyo
* *Tokkurikorogashi*
* *Mokumokuren*
* Bakechochin

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* *Sentakugitsune*
* *Bakedaneki*
* *Tetsudaoni*
* *Seimenoni*
* *Shibaten*
* *Zashikidono*
* *Iyaya*
* Okinbo
* *Aburashibori*
* *Atamayama*
* *Kidoko*
* Akubozu
* *Orabidako*
* Ojimujimun
* *Mehitotsugoro*
* Omanagu
* *Koppatengu*
* Tsuntaro
* Mehitotsubozu
* *Ikkakudon*
* *Namekujira*
* *Nunogarami*
* *Sarutenbanko*
* *Kamanari*
* Ryumodoki
* *Namera*
* *Aotengu*
* *Akagami*
* Kawantaro
* *Yamahito*
* Junibo
* *Mitsumegumo*
* *Yanari*
* Makizappo
* Kanibo
* *Neneko*
* Suitenbo
* Igusanokesabo
* Kyusenbo
* *Shidaidaka*
* *Nishakubo*
* *Yumemakura*
* *Mintsuchi*
* *Dotengu*
* Nuribo
* *Isotengu*
* Kobuji
* *Sankakudon*
* Gafu
* *Onbonoyasu*
* Pishayanamun
* *Suitenokina*
* Gamera (mentioned)
* Unnamed Yokai

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## Gallery

Main article: The Great Yokai War/Gallery
## Alternate titles

* ***The Yokai War*** (French title; *La Guerre des Yokai*)
* ***War of the Demons - The Great Yokai War*** (German title; *Krieg der Dämonen - The Great Yokai War*)
* ***The War of Ghosts*** (Italian title; *La Guerra dei Fantasmi*)
* ***The Great Goblin War*** (Russian title; Великая Война Гоблинов)

## Theatrical releases

* Japan - August 16, 2005
* United States - June 30, 2006 (New York City, New York)

## Video releases

**Universe** DVD (2006)

* **Region:** 3
* **Discs:** 2
* **Audio:** Cantonese (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX), Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX, DTS ES 6.1)
* **Subtitles:** Chinese (Traditional), English, Chinese (Simplified)

**Tokyo Shock** DVD (2006)

* **Region:** 1
* **Discs:** 2
* **Audio:** Japanese, English
* **Subtitles:** English
* **Special features:** Making of documentary, cast interviews, World Yokai Conference documentary, yokai profiles, still gallery.

**HK Video** DVD/Blu-ray (2014)

* **Region:** B/2
* **Discs:** 3 (One Blu-ray disc, two DVDs)
* **Audio:** Japanese (DTS-HD 5.1), French (DTS-HD 5.1)
* **Subtitles:** French
* **Notes:** Packaged with *Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters*, *Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare*, and *Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts*.

## Trivia

* Gamera is referenced in the film as the enemy's base flies over Tokyo.
* Kuwantaro makes reference to the series *GeGeGe no Kitaro* on at least one occasion. The creator of the series, Shigeru Mizuki, later makes a cameo in the film as a yokai elder.

## External links

* Official site (archived).

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