Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts

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***Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts***  (Japanese: 東海道お化け道中, Hepburn:,   **Tokaido Obake Dochu**?, lit. Tokaido Haunted Journey) is a 1969 Japanese fantasy horror film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda and Kimiyoshi Yasuda. It is the third in a trilogy of films produced in the late 1960s, all of which focus around traditional Japanese monsters known as *yōkai*.

*Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts*, along with the other two films in the series, was produced by Daiei Film and makes extensive use of *tokusatsu* special effects, with the majority of the creatures being represented by actors in costumes or puppets. The film was made in Fujicolor and Daieiscope.

## Plot

In feudal Japan, a young girl named Miyo comes into a possession of a document that could ruin local crime boss Kanzo, he sends his thugs after her. The thugs murder her grandfather on holy ground, triggering the release of yokai who must now deal with a tenuous situation, the Yokai summoned and seek out the people responsible.

## Cast

Sho, and later directed by Tomoo Haraguchi 's video works " Sakuya Yokaiden " (2000) and " Kibakichi ". He also plays the white powder woman in " Yokai Den Fangichi " (2003). In response to director Haraguchi's request, Yamamura, who is over 70 years old, is said to have nostalgic for this trilogy and happily played a yokai.

* Kojiro Hongo   as   Hyakasuro
* Pepe Hozumi   as   Shinta
* Masami Burukido   as   Miyo
* Mutsuhiro   as   Toura Sakiichi
* Yoshindo Yamaji   as   Higaruma
* Bokuzen Hidari   as   Jinbei
* Kazue Tamaki
* Rokko Toura   as   Saikichi
* Ryutaro Gomi   as   Gonkuro Tawara
* Saburo Date   as   USHIMATSU
* Koichi Uenoyama   as   Gorokichi
* Koichi Mizuhara   as   Engraving
* Now Kitayo   as   Kita
* Ichiro Yamamoto   as   Monta
* Kazue Tamaki   as   Nibei
* Shinjiro Akatsuki   as   Chosuke
* Climb The Waterfall   as   Maiden

## References to Japanese culture

As the title suggests, the film is largely focused around *yōkai* (妖怪, "strange things", "goblins"): strange mythological beings from Japanese folklore. This is in contrast to the other two films in the series, which were adaptations of period dramas in which the *yōkai* took a backseat to human actors.

## 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 located 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 located 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.
**Invisible Yokai**

A yokai of unknown details appears in the scene where the tombstone of Mt. Appears in an eye-catching silhouette.

## Magazine publication

" Weekly Shonen King " ( Shonen Gahosha )
Intensive special feature published from issue 14 to issue 15 in 1969. Shinji Hama 's cartoonized work "Horror Manga Tokaido Haunted Road" was serialized in issue 14 on page 20 of the first part and in issue 15 on page 19 of the second part.
This "Horror Manga Tokaido Haunted Road" is the LD "Yokai Seal Box" released in 1997, and is included in a single book.
## Home media

* Yokai Monsters Volume 3 was On August 22, 1997, the LD-BOX "Yokai Seal Box" , which was a set with " Yokai Hyakumonogatari " and " The Great War Yokai[1]On August 22, 1997, the LD-BOX "Yokai Seal Box" , which was a set with " [2]On August 22, 1997, the LD-BOX "Yokai Seal Box" , which was a set with " On August 22, 1997, the LD-BOX "Yokai Seal Box" , which was a set with "  ", was released by Amuse  .
* Released on July 26, 2000 Daiei / Sales DVD was released by Tokuma Japan Communications  . Digital New Master.

## References

1. ↑ http://jmdb.ne.jp/1969/cs000870.htm
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 ja.wikipedia.org
3. ↑ https://eiga.com/person/165187/
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 imdb/Yokai 3 Trailer

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