The Great Yokai War
Action, Comedy, Fantasy
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2005
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A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
124 min
Release date:
6 Aug 2005
Country:
JP
Languages:
Japanese
Budget:
$12,148,397
Revenue:
$15,787,492
Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
This noisy, effects-crazed PG-13 adventure might work for 10 year-olds who are beyond Nickelodeon piffle and ready for Japanese splatter.
– Bill Stamets,
Chicago Sun-Times,
13 Aug 2006
fresh:
With its scenes of mass destruction in Tokyo and its climactic mushroom cloud, the movie owes a psychic debt to the atomic-monster movies of the 50s and 60s, but its overriding tone is one of endless, giddy invention.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
12 Aug 2006
fresh:
... Miike's epic undertaking is probably best appreciated as the first stab at a live-action version of a Hayao Miyazaki ecologically minded extravaganza like Princess Mononoke.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
8 Jul 2006
fresh:
Takashi Miike's excursion into extravagant and demented fantasy combines folkloric elements with images from contemporary Japanese popular culture.
– A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
29 Jun 2006
rotten:
The film makes no more or less sense than Ridley Scott's Legend or Jim Henson's Labyrinth, and in fact has a creaky, blue-gel '80s-ness to it, but for many, keeping up with Miike's cranked output is an end in itself.
– Michael Atkinson,
Village Voice,
27 Jun 2006