One
day the benevolent ruler of Izu is fishing when the Babylonian hell-god,
Daimon, flies in and possesses him. Two 'good' lake ghosts, Kappa and
Oil-Licker, try to stop the evil Daimon but they are soundly defeated.
Aided by a young soldier, they recruit an army of monsters from all
over the countryside to join in battle against Daimon. Eventually the
are victorious.
After
the success of their first film, ONE
HUNDRED MONSTERS, Daiei continued to compete head-to-head with
Toho Studios in the kaiju eiga [giant monster] market. Since they didn't
have a stable of rubber monsters (like the GODZILLA
franchise), Daniei Studios continued to use special effects wizard Yoshiyuki
Kuroda and the creatures he developed for the previous project. Popular
goblins Umbrella Man, Faceless and Long-Neck are
all back for another go-around, joined by a platoon of newly designed
monsters. And it is no accident that evil Daimon closely resembles the
stone monster MAJIN
since Kuroda was the special effects director for that series.
Fifty
years later, cult director Takashi Miike would remake this film as GREAT
YOKAI WAR.
A Japanese
film with English subtitles; widescreen format (16:9),
uncut (79 min.), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC,
playable on any American machine. Extras include original theatrical trailer
Mild
Violence but scary elements:
Parental guidance suggested
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