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*[[Japan]] - August 16, 2005 | *[[Japan]] - August 16, 2005 | ||
*[[United States]] - June 30, 2006 (New York | *[[United States]] - June 30, 2006 (New York, New York) | ||
==Video releases== | ==Video releases== | ||
'''Universe''' DVD (2006) | '''Universe''' DVD (2006) |
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The Great Yokai War (妖怪大戦争 is a Yōkai Daisensō)2005 yokai fantasy film co-produced by Kadokawa, Japan Film Fund, and Nippon TV. Shochiku released it to Japanese theaters on August 16, 2005. It serves as a spiritual successor to Daiei's Yokai Monsters films of the 1960s, 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
- Executive producing by Kazuo Kuroi, Tsuguhiko Kadokawa
- Produced by Fumio Inoue, Shun Shimizu
- 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
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
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English dub
- Stephanie Sheh as Yoko Ino, Tadashi's mother
Appearances
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Monsters
Gallery
- Main article: The Great Yokai War/Gallery.
Alternate titles
- The Yokai War (La Guerre des Yokai; France)
- War of the Demons - The Great Yokai War (Krieg der Dämonen - The Great Yokai War; Germany)
- The War of Ghosts (La Guerra dei Fantasmi; Italy)
- The Great Goblin War (Великая Война Гоблинов; Russia)
Theatrical releases
- Japan - August 16, 2005
- United States - June 30, 2006 (New York, 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: 100 Monsters, Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, and Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts.
Sequel
- Main article: The Great Yokai War: Guardians.
Videos
Trailers
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Trivia
- Gamera is referenced in the film as the enemy's base flies over Tokyo.
- The manga series Gegege no Kitaro is referenced numerous times throughout the film.
- Tadashi visits Sakaiminato, the town where series creator Shigeru Mizuki was born. Sakaiminato has been turned into a sort of tribute to the mangaka, Tadashi even visiting a museum dedicated to his work.
- Bronze statues of yokai were constructed and distributed throughout Sakaiminato, all in the likeness of the designs Shigeru Mizuki made. One of the ones Tadashi passes is of Kitaro himself.
- A costume character of Nekomusume helps guide Tadashi towards the Shigeru Mizuki museum.
- When rallying the troops, Kuwantaro confronts an Ittan Momen, saying that it was so brave in the Gegege no Kitaro manga.
- When flying to the enemies' base, Kawahime and Tadashi sit in wicker baskets carried by demon crows. This was a common way of transport for Kitaro in his own series.
- Shigeru Mizuki himself appears as the yokai elder.
- Though The Great Yokai War is a loose remake of Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, Kuwantaro and Karakasakozo make a direct reference to the latter, with the umbrella yokai saying he already took part in one war.
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