| Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts | |||||
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 東海道お化け道中 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| Cinematography | Hiroshi Imai | ||||
| Edited by | Toshio Taniguchi | ||||
| Music by | Chumei Watanabe | ||||
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| Distributed by | Daiei International Films | ||||
Running time | 78 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
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.
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.
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]
