Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji東海道お化け道中
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnTōkaidō Obake Dōchū
Directed byKimiyoshi Yasuda
Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Screenplay byTetsurō Yoshida
Based onFolk tales of Momotarō,[1] and The Great Yokai War by Shigeru Mizuki
Starring
CinematographyHiroshi Imai
Edited byToshio Taniguchi
Music byChumei Watanabe
Production
company
Distributed byDaiei International Films
Running time
78 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (Japanese: 東海道お化け道中, Hepburn: Tōkaidō Obake Dōchū, lit. The Haunted Journey Along Tokaido) is a 1969 Japanese fantasy horror film directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda and Yoshiyuki Kuroda.[2] It is the third[3] in a trilogy of films produced in the late 1960s, all of which focus around traditional Japanese monsters known as yōkai.

Plot

When a criminal boss Higuruma kills his rival and a witness, an old man who tried to protect a sacred site, he believes a young girl in the old man's care, Miyo, was also a witness and escaped with the evidence of his criminal activity. Higuruma and his men hunt down Miyo as she tries to find her missing father with the help of a swordsman, Hyakasuro, while the boss and his men are haunted by the curse of the yokai of the land they desecrated.

Release

Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts was released in Japan on March 21, 1969.[2] It was released in the United States by Daiei International Films with English subtitles in 1969.[4] The film set for a 4K DVD and Blu-ray release by Kadokawa in August 18.[5] The Blu-ray will also be packaged with Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters and Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare in a box set due on September 24.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Papp 2009, p. 227.
  2. 1 2 Galbraith IV 1996, p. 101.
  3. ↑ Papp 2009, p. 229.
  4. ↑ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 102.
  5. 1 2 "【Amazon.co.jp限定】妖怪百物語 4K修復版(2枚組)(大映妖怪三部作購入特典:復刻版「5円引きブロマイド」10枚セット引換シリアルコード付き) ※特典引き換えには対象3作品の購入が必要です※[Blu-ray]". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

Sources

  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.
  • Papp, Zilia (2009-11-11). "Monsters at War: The Great Yōkai Wars, 1968-2005". Mechademia. 4 (War/Time): 225–239. doi:10.1353/mec.0.0073. JSTOR 41510938. S2CID 52229518.


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