The Great Yokai War: Guardians

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The Great Yokai War: Guardians
The Great Yokai War Guardians poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTakashi Miike
Screenplay byYūsuke Watanabe
Produced by
  • Misako Saka
  • Norikazu Tsubaki
Starring
CinematographyHideo Yamamoto
Edited byNaoichiro Sagara
Music byKōji Endō
Production
companies
OLM
Distributed by
Release date
  • August 13, 2021 (2021-08-13)
Running time
118 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Great Yokai War: Guardians (Japanese: 妖怪大戦争 ガーディアンズ, Hepburn: Yōkai Daisensō Gādianzu) is a 2021 Japanese fantasy adventure film directed by Takashi Miike.[2] A sequel to The Great Yokai War, the film is was released in Japan on August 13, 2021 by Toho and Kadokawa Pictures.[2][3] Among the film's cast of creatures is the title character from the 1966 Daiei film series Daimajin.[4]

The film is scheduled to have its international premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival, which will take place online as a virtual event, in August 2021.[5]

Plot[]

Ancient fossils sleeping in Fossa Magna have gathered together and transformed into a giant yōkai. The destination is Tokyo. Only the yōkai were aware of the truth about this invasion, which seems to modern 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, Saitama, 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 yōkai who involved him begins now.

— Kadokawa Pictures[6][7][8][9][10]

Cast[]

Production[]

Production credits[1][6]

  • Takashi Miike – director
  • Raku Nagao – assistant director
  • Tsuguhiko Kadokawa – executive producer
  • Hiroshi Aramata – executive producer
  • Shigeji Maeda – co-producer
  • Tomoyuki Imai – line producer
  • Tomonori Aoki – line producer
  • Yuji Hayashida – art director
  • Katsuya Terada – yōkai designer
  • Junya Inoue – yōkai designer
  • Hiromitsu Soma – yōkai designer
  • Kaori Ohtagaki – visual effects supervisor

Featured yōkai[]

Release[]

The U.S. premiere of The Great Yokai War: Guardians will take place on August 28, 2021, as part of the Japan Cuts film festival held by the Japan Society in New York City.[17]

Manga adaptation[]

On December 26, 2020 a manga adaptation of the film began being serialized by Kadokawa in Monthly Shōnen Ace.[18]

See also[]

References[]

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