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.

Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
Theatrical release poster
Japanese	東海道お化け道中
Hepburn	Tōkaidō Obake Dōchū
Directed by	Kimiyoshi Yasuda Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Screenplay by	Tetsurō Yoshida
Based on	Folk tales of Momotarō,[1] and The Great Yokai War by Shigeru Mizuki
Starring	Kojiro Hongo Pepe Hozumi Masami Burukido
Cinematography	Hiroshi Imai
Edited by	Toshio Taniguchi
Music by	Chumei Watanabe
Production company	Daiei Film
Distributed by	Daiei International Films
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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

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.

External links

• Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts at AllMovie
• Journey with Ghost Along Yokaido Road at IMDb

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