The Great Yokai War
2005A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression. The yōkai originate in Japanese folklore and range from the cute and silly to the disturbing.
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Ryunosuke Kamiki
as Tadashi Ino
Hiroyuki Miyasako
as Sata
Kaho Minami
as Yōko Ino
Riko Narumi
as Tataru Ino
Shirō Sano
as "Mysterious" Editor
Miyuki Miyabe
Arimasa Osawa
Yuu Tokui
Itsuji Itao
Taru Honkonen
Yoji Tanaka
as Yoichi's father
Toshiya Nagasawa
Kanji Tsuda
as Tadashi's Father
Akira Emoto
Bunta Sugawara
as Shuntarō Ino
Masaomi Kondo
as Shōjō
Seiko Iwaido
as Kawahime
Sadawo Abe
as Kawatarō
Hiromasa Taguchi
Ken'ichi Endô
as Ou Tengu
Toshie Negishi
Asumi Miwa
Rei Yoshii
Tôru Hotohara
Renji Ishibashi
as Ou Kubi
Kiyoshiro Imawano
as General Nurarihyon
Naoto Takenaka
as Lamp-Oil
Hiroshi Aramata
Natsuhiko Kyogoku
Shigeru Mizuki
Takashi Okamura
as Azukiarai
Chiaki Kuriyama
as Agi
Etsushi Toyokawa
as Katō Yasunori
Mame Yamada
as Noderabô