The Great Yokai War

2005 · 124 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 2,764 VOTES · DIR. Takashi Miike

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Overview

A 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.

Dialogue Timeline — 45 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

01:05:56 Don't put on such a scary face.
01:05:59 Drink it.
01:06:02 If you don't listen, you won't appear in this world again.
01:06:08 Apparitions are immortal.
01:06:18 You bastard!
01:06:25 So you've come, water imp. You don't know when to quit.
01:06:31 We'll make sure you never do any evil again
01:06:36 Well, come on!
01:06:46 Like I 'm falling for that again!
01:06:52 That's not all!
01:07:39 Damn it! Kick his ass! Go!
01:10:36 That can't be!
01:10:59 This isn't like you.
01:11:02 Attacking Daimon's clones won't do any good.
01:11:10 If we attack the real Daimon's eye, we'll definitely win.
01:11:17 How do we attack the real one? They all look alike.
01:11:45 Strange...
01:11:58 Him! That's the real one!
01:12:34 Mister, give me a lift!
01:14:50 It's running!
01:15:16 That bastard, making me go through hell.
01:15:29 Like I 'm going to die!
01:16:27 Shinpachiro, they won. The Japanese apparitions won.
01:16:37 I'll probably never return.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed45
Dialogue density0.4 lines / min
First line01:05:56
Final line01:16:37

Production Record

DirectorTakashi Miike
LanguageJapanese
Budget$12,148,397
Revenue$15,787,492
IMDb votes2,764