The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021)

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The Great Yokai War: Guardians Directed by Takashi Miike Producer Misako Saka, Norikazu Tsubaki, Tsuguhiko Kadokawa (executive), Hiroshi Aramata (executive), et al. Written by Yusuke Watanabe Music by Koji Endo Production company The Great Yokai War: Guardians Production Committee (executive), OLM Distributor Toho/KadokawaJP Rating GJP Budget To be announced Box office To be announced Running time 117 minutes (1 hour, 57 minutes) Rate this film! 3.25 (4 votes)

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“	Do you have true courage? (真 (まこと)の勇気はあるか――)	„
	— Tagline

The Great Yokai War: Guardians (妖怪大戦争 ガーディアンズ,   Yōkai Daisensō Gādianzu) is a 2021 tokusatsu kaiju fantasy film co-produced by Kadokawa, Toho, TV Tokyo, OLM, Hikari TV, Fujishoji, CyberAgent and Movie Walker. A loose sequel to the 2005 Kadokawa film The Great Yokai War, Toho and Kadokawa released it to Japanese theaters on August 13, 2021.

Description

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Ancient fossils sleeping in Fossa Magna have gathered together and transformed into a giant yokai. The destination is Tokyo. Only the yokai were aware of the truth about this invasion, which seems to humans to be a natural disaster. If nothing is done, the world will be destroyed. This can be stopped by Watanabe, an elementary school student in Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, who inherits the blood of the legendary monster hunter. Suddenly, the great adventure of the boy who was selected as the "hero who saves the world" and the yokai who involved him begins now.

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Plot

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Staff

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

• Directed by   Takashi Miike
• Written by   Yusuke Watanabe
• Executive producers   Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, Hiroshi Aramata
• Co-executive producers   Daiji Horiuchi, Hiroyasu Matsuoka, Yukio Kawasaki, Toshiaki Okuno, Katsumi Nagata, Tomohito Matsushita, Susumu Fujita, Junji Igarashi
• Produced by   Korikazu Tsubaki, Misako Saka
• Co-producer   Shigeji Maeda
• Line producers   Tomoyuki Imai, Tomonori Aoki
• Associate producers   Shigeo Minakami, Reiko Imayasu
• Assistant producer   Hana Tsuchikawa
• Music by   Koji Endo
• Theme song "Yes, Isn't It?"
  • Performed by   Ikimonogakari
  • Written and composed by   Yoshiki Mizuno
  • Arranged by   Takashi Kondo, Yusuke Tatsuzaki, Yusuke Tanaka
• Cinematography by   Hideo Yamamoto
• Edited by   Naoichiro Sagara
• Production design by   Yuji Hayashida
• 1st assistant director   Raku Nagao
• VFX supervisor   Kaori Otagaki

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right. Kokoro Terada   as   Kei Watanabe Hana Sugisaki   as   Kitsunemen no Onna Rei Inomata   as   Dai Watanabe Nanako Matsushima   as   Reika Watanabe Kazuki Kitamura   as   Watanabe no Tsuna Sakura Ando   as   Ubume Koji Okura   as   Shojo Takahiro Miura   as   Tengu Taro Nakatani, Koki Takeda, Momiki Yoshito, Kazuya Murakami, Kazuki Miki   as   Tengu elites Yuko Oshima   as   Yukionna Eiji Akaso   as   Amanojaku SUMIRE   as   Ibaraki Doji Noritaka Hamao   as   Shuten Doji Hiroki Suetsugu   as   Matsukioni Koji Kurosawa   as   Kuromitsuki Ryuji Kasahara   as   Kasajaki So Kaku   as   Kakuoni Justice Iwakura   as   Kaikinki Amon Mochizuki   as   Amonki Catcher Nakazawa   as   Onisawamaru Hayato Takenaka   as   Junakki Takashi Kitadai   as   Hokuoki Takuma Sugawara   as   demon servant of Shuten Doji Kenshiro Kato   as   Ryo Mitieri Rokoua Tsuruta   as   Denny Tsuguru Tamura   as   Toshi Takashi Okamura   as   Azukiarai Kenichi Endo   as   Yadokai Renji Ishibashi   as   Okubi HIKAKIN   as   Hikakin Akira Emoto   as   Old man Nao Omori   as   Nurarihyon Takao Osawa   as   Inugami Gyobu Hiroshi Aramata   as   Amefurikozo Futa Kimura   as   Kappa Etsuko Kozakura   as   Sunekosuri Tame Yamada   as   Makuragaeshi

Hihio Iwanaga   as   Tenome Yoshi Kuroiwa   as   Togakushi no Kijo Taro Suwa   as   Sunakakebaba Myra Meadows   as   Rokurokubi Kosuke Nakado   as   Nuppeppo Takashi Ota   as   Kijimuna Asuka Hamaru   as   Futakuchionna Sakichi Sato   as   Tofukozo Riria Yamada   as   Zashikiwarashi Aya Kitai   as   Kawauso Kazunori Hashimoto   as   Shibaten Yuzuna Satomi   as   Aburasumashi Shinya Nakano   as   Hyosube Bob Suzuki   as   Wanyudo Kae Onuki   as   Ubagabi Mayu Hanayoshi   as   Hitotsumekozo Yuji Takanashi   as   Kamikiri Ryusei Kitagawa   as   Seto Taisho Shinsuke Abe   as   Gadogawa Kota   as   Dark Cat Hyuganatsu   as   Nakatomi no Kaze Yokai Tiernan   as   Count Dracula Amon Ishida   as   Mummy Makoto Nagatomo   as   Merman Angelia D.   as   Mermaid Taichi Shimizu   as   Cyclops Irina Legostaeva   as   Medusa Chris D.   as   Frankenstein Takayuki Nishimura   as   Yeti Julian Jolivet   as   Satyr Marina Z.H.   as   Witch Daniel M.   as   Clown Takumi Kato   as   Zombie Ayaka N.   as   Mae Nak Ryosuke Yusa   as   Xingtian Hideki Togi   as   himself Ryunosuke Kamiki   as   Yasunori Kato

Appearances

Monsters

Yokaiju Daimajin Suiryu Kitsunemen no Onna Inugami Gyobu Ushioni Tanuki Nurarihyon Ubume Shojo Tengu Yukionna Amanojaku Ibaraki Doji Shuten Doji Matsukioni Kuromitsuki Kasajaki Kakuoni Kaikinki Amonki Onisawamaru Junakki Hokuoki Unnamed demon Tsuchigumo Azukiarai Yadokai Okubi Hikakin Amefurikozo Kappa Ippondatara Ungaikyo Sunekosuri Makuragaeshi Tenome Togakushi no Kijo Sunakakebaba Rokurokubi Nuppeppo

Kijimuna Futakuchionna Tofukozo Zashikiwarashi Kawauso Shibaten Aburasumashi Hyosube Wanyudo Ubagabi Hitotsumekozo Kamikiri Seto Taisho Konakijiji Rolling sake bottle Ittanmomen Karakasakozo Gadogawa Dark Cat Nakatomi no Kaze Yokai Count Dracula Mummy Merman Mermaid Cyclops Medusa Frankenstein Yeti Satyr Witch Clown Zombie Mae Nak Xingtian Troll Haunted doll Security yokai Miscellaneous yokai Daidarabotchi (mentioned, indirect)

Gallery

Main article: The Great Yokai War: Guardians/Gallery.

Theatrical releases

• Japan - August 13, 2021
• Canada - August 25, 2021 [Fantasia Film Fest]
• United States - August 28, 2021 [Japan Cuts]

Video releases

Toho Blu-ray (2021)

• Region: Unknown (A guaranteed)
• Discs: 2
• Audio: Japanese (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, 5.1, 7.1), Japanese audio description
• Subtitles: Japanese
• Special features: Yokai Big Sugoroku board game, Yokai Pictoral Book listing the yokai who appear in the film, The Great Yokai War: Guardians trailers, two behind-the-scenes featurettes, event footage, premiere footage, image gallery focusing on the Yokai Yammit

Toho DVD (2021)

• Region: Unknown (2 guaranteed)
• Discs: 2
• Audio: Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0), Japanese audio description
• Subtitles: Japanese
• Special features: The Great Yokai War: Guardians trailers

U.S. release

The American premiere of The Great Yokai War: Guardians took place on August 28, 2021, as part of the Japan Cuts film festival held by the Japan Society in New York City.

Manga adaptation

Main article: The Great Yokai War: Guardians (manga).

A manga adaptation of The Great Yokai War: Guardians illustrated by Sanami Suzuki began being serialized in Monthly Shonen Ace in December of 2020.

Videos

Trailers

Japanese trailer Japanese special announcement trailer #1 Japanese special announcement trailer #2 Japanese teaser trailer

Miscellaneous

Behind the scenes clips The Great Yokai War: Guardians press conference

Trivia

• Takashi Miike had previously been planned to direct Daimajin for a 2007 reboot of the character.
• Several monsters at the Yokai Yammit resemble American movie monsters: the cyclops from The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Pennywise as portrayed by Bill Skarsgård in It and its sequel, and the Amphibian Man from The Shape of Water.

External links

• Official site
• Eiga.com page
• Toho webpage
• Kadokawa webpage
• Twitter account

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