Yokai Monsters ( 妖怪シリーズ ) is a trilogy of Japanese horror / fantasy films written by Tetsuro Yoshida and released in the late 1960s. The films were produced by Daiei Film , and productions were largely influenced by Gamera and Daimajin franchises where Daimajin was also redeveloped from the Gamera franchise, and minor references among Gamera films and Daimajin and yōkai films to each other were inserted within respective franchises on various occasions.
6-543: There were originally three movies made: While not canonically linked, all three were thematically joined by their inclusion of a group of creatures from Japanese mythology known as yōkai (妖怪, lit. "strange things"). Receiving little attention outside Japan, the films are remembered mainly for their special effects , which include a lot of puppetry , suitmation , and even traditional animation . The films made use of yōkai ("strange apparition"), based on traditional illustrations from Japanese folklore. The puppet used for
12-627: A remake of Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare titled The Great Yokai War . The film is not officially related to the Yokai Monsters trilogy, but draws a lot of its influence from similar sources, notably the legend of Momotarō and Shigeru Mizuki 's GeGeGe no Kitarō series of the same name. Mizuki himself appears in this version, though neither the remake nor the original films make use of his yōkai creations, preferring instead to feature more traditional creatures. A sequel to The Great Yokai War , titled The Great Yokai War: Guardians ,
18-565: A lesser extent. Kazuo Umezu also associated with the franchise, and his manga-based 1968 film The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch was also influenced by the Gamera franchise and was distributed along with Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare . The 2006 film God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand which was based on the manga of the same name by Umezu was also directed by Shusuke Kaneko . In 2005, Takashi Miike directed
24-460: The Kasa-obake in particular has become a recognizable rendering of the creature. Involvement of Shigeru Mizuki and Hiroshi Aramata and Natsuhiko Kyogoku resulted in crossovers most notably with Teito Monogatari series to feature Yasunori Katō as the main antagonist in the 2005 film, and with GeGeGe no Kitarō franchize and Tōfu-kozō series by Kyogoku and other franchizes to
30-496: The Yokai Monsters by Daiei Films and Tokuma Shoten , also appointing staffs previously involved in the Gamera franchise including the director Tomoo Haraguchi and others such as Shinji Higuchi . This article related to a Japanese film of the 1960s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This 1960s horror film-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Japanese mythology Too Many Requests If you report this error to
36-607: Was released in Japan on August 13, 2021. Daimajin appeared in the film, and Gamera made a cameo appearance in its spinoff novelization where Takashi Miike attempted to reboot Daimajin in late 2000s along with the release of the 2006 Gamera film Gamera the Brave . Yōkai Heaven and its sequel Yōkai Heaven Ghost Hero by Makoto Tezuka in 1986 and 1990, and Sakuya Yōkaiden in 2000 were released by different companies, however these films were redeveloped from reboot attempts of
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