Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts

Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
	Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	東海道お化け道中
Revised Hepburn
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	Tōkaidō Obake Dōchū
Directed by	Kimiyoshi Yasuda; Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Screenplay by	Tetsurō Yoshida
Based on	Folk tales of Momotarō, and The Great Yokai War by Shigeru Mizuki
Starring	Kojiro Hongo; Pepe Hozumi; Masami Burukido;
Cinematography	Hiroshi Imai
Edited by	Toshio Taniguchi
Music by	Chumei Watanabe
Production; company	Daiei Film
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.

Plot

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.

Release

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]