Yokai Monsters
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Yokai Monsters is a series of Japan
ese children's movies created in the 1960s.
There were originally three movies made:
The films were produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company, and bear a resemblance to that studio's other series, Gamera
and Daimajin
, and to other Japanese pop culture favorites like Godzilla
and Ultraman
.
In 2005 Takashi Miike
directed the first new entry in the series, The Great Yokai War.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese children's movies created in the 1960s.
There were originally three movies made:
- Yokai Monsters: Spook WarfareYokai Monsters: Spook WarfareYokai Monsters: Spook Warfare was the first in a series of Japanese children's movies created in the 1960s.There were originally three movies made:* Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare 1968* Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters 1968...
(1968) - Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters (1968)
- Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts (1969)
The films were produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company, and bear a resemblance to that studio's other series, Gamera
Gamera
is a giant, flying turtle from a popular series of kaiju films produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company in Japan. Created in 1965 to rival the success of Toho Studios' Godzilla during the daikaiju boom of the mid-to-late 1960s, Gamera has gained fame and notoriety as a Japanese icon in his own...
and Daimajin
Daimajin
The is a daikaiju from the Daimajin trilogy created by Daiei. All three movies in the trilogy — Daimajin, Return of Daimajin , and Wrath of Daimajin — were made in 1966, and were released months apart. Daimajin Kanon a new television drama based on the films premiered in Japan in 2010...
, and to other Japanese pop culture favorites like Godzilla
Godzilla
is a daikaijū, a Japanese movie monster, first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. The monster has appeared in numerous other media incarnations including video games,...
and Ultraman
Ultraman
is Japanese television series that first aired in 1966. Ultraman, the first and best-known of the "Ultra-Crusaders," made his debut in the tokusatsu SF/kaiju/superhero TV series, , a follow-up to the television series Ultra Q...
.
In 2005 Takashi Miike
Takashi Miike
is a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over seventy theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. In the years 2001 and 2002 alone, Miike is credited with directing fifteen productions...
directed the first new entry in the series, The Great Yokai War.