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1968

Yokai daisenso

Spook Warfare

妖怪大戦争

(c)KADOKAWA CORPORATION 1968

(c)KADOKAWA CORPORATION 1968

Release Date
December, 14th, 1968
Running Time
79 min
Genre
Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
HDCAM
Screen Size
Cinema Scope (1:2.35)

[ Directed by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

DAIEI

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

DAIEI

[ Story ]

In the eighteenth century the governor of lzu is out fishing with his daughter (Akane Kawasaki) when there is a sudden storm out of which materializes the monster Daimon.
This creature once ruled over ancient Babylon and has now awakened from its sleep of four thousand years and come to Japan. A blood-sucking monster, it drains the governor and then takes over his body.
Though the man was formerly kind and gentle, he now becomes violent and merciless, and his daughter does not know what to make of him. Only one of the local water-spirits, being part monster himself, sees through Daimon in his new disguise and realizes what has happened.
The spirit asks the help of his many ghostly friends and they rise to defeat the new monster. But they are powerless, until one of the late governor's loyal retainers (Yoshihiko Aoyama) realizes that Daimon may be killed by a direct shot through the eye. This he accomplishes, but the monster, though wounded, lives on.
The ghosts and spirits gather for a last desperate battle. They come from all corners of the islands and eventually conquer the dreaded monster. Only then does peace once more prevail.

【Quoted from the database of Kadokawa Corporation】
【Quoted from Unijapan Film Quarterly 1969.12.2】

[ Contact (International) ]

KADOKAWA CORPORATION
International Sales, Literature and Movie Group

2-13-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8177
Rep: NATSUNO Takeshi (President)
Attn: MORI Chiyo
tel: +81 50 1746 1220
E-mail: mori-c@kadokawa.jp
http://www.kadokawa.co.jp

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