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Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters

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is a 1968 Japanese fantasy horror film directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda, with special effects by Yoshiyuki Kuroda. It is the first in a trilogy of films produced in the late 1960s, which focus around Japanese monsters known collectively as 'ykai'.

The films, produced by Daiei Film, all make extensive use of practical special effects known as 'tokusatsu'. They largely make use of actors in costumes and puppetry. In some scenes, there are even examples of traditional animation.

Notably darker in tone than its more famous sequel, 'Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters' focuses much more on a traditional story than it does on its titular monsters. While monsters do appear throughout the film, they are relegated to antagonistic roles, more akin to their appearances in traditional 'kaidan'.

Plot



A rich landowner intends to tear down a local shrine and other houses to build a brothel. He holds a 'Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai' ceremony during which various tales of 'ykai' are told, such as the tales of 'kasa-obake' (an umbrella 'tsukumogami'), and a long-necked 'rokurokubi'. However, the landowner omits the purification ceremony at the end to ward off the evil spirit conjured up during the telling of tales, after which the landowner and his supporters are scared to death or driven mad by the angered spirits, who at the end of the movie are seen parading out of the town with barrels of sake .

Production

* Yoshinobu Nishioka - Art direction

Sequels



'Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters' was followed by two sequels: 'Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare', released later that same year in 1968, and 'Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts', released in 1969.

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