La Guerre des Yokai (1968)

Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (Japanese: 妖怪大戦争 Hepburn Yōkai Daisensō, lit. "The Great Yōkai War") is a 1968 Japanese horror/fantasy film directed by Kuroda Yoshiyuki. It is the second in a trilogy of films produced in the late 1960s, all of which focus around traditional Japanese monsters known as Yōkai.

There were originally three movies made:


Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters (1968) released in March
Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (1968) released in December
Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts (1969) released in March
The films were produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company, and make extensive use of tokusatsu special effects, with the majority of the creatures being represented by actors in costumes or puppets.

In 2005, director Takashi Miike released The Great Yokai War, a modern retelling of the story which borrows many elements from Spook Warfare.

Synopsis

Des pilleurs de tombes réveillent par erreur un terrible démon des ruines de Babylone. Ce dernier vole alors vers le Japon où il prend l´apparence d´un haut magistrat, multipliant les actes de vampirisation. Pour tenter d´arrêter le mal, la petite fille du fonctionnaire et un jeune paysan font appel à des Yokais, des fantômes pacifistes mais terrifiants.