1968 • Japan • Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Spook Warfare, tells the tale of an evil Babylonian vampire inadvertently awoken by treasure hunters, and a brave samurai that teams with the yokai to defeat the bloodthirsty demon.
1969 • Japan • Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda, Kimiyoshi Yasuda
The yokai are roused to defend a young girl on the run from deadly yakuza.
2005 • Japan • Directed by Takashi Miike
Decades later, none other than Takashi Miike (Audition) helmed The Great Yokai War, a loose remake of Spook Warfare that used cutting-edge digital effects to renew the franchise for a new generation. In it, a young boy is given a grave responsibility: to ...