In some scenes, there are even examples of traditional animation. Notably darker in tone than its more famous sequel, Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters focuses much more on a traditional story than it does on its titular monsters. A rich landowner intends to tear down a local shrine and other houses to build a brothel. However, the landowner omits the purification ceremony at the end to ward off the evil spirit conjured up during the telling of tales, after which the town becomes invaded by monsters.
Though perhaps not as well remembered as its sequel, Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare , the film was nonetheless notable for its production features. Let's play and embark on an adventure quest with the Monster Heroes in their mission to bring back the stolen sacred crown to their hometown, but this would never be easy. What a great film title, bringing to mind one hundred yokai traditional Japanese monsters and spirits wreaking havoc on an Edo-period village.
The real film doesn't quite live up to that promise, but it's a fun entry into the '60s Japanese popcorn horror canon. As is the case in many Japanese flicks from this time, the bad guys are powerful landowners who push around the good guys and take their land, their women and even their lives.
But after the lords fail to complete a ritual after a "hyaku monogatari" monster story-telling event, they are haunted and hunted down by bloodthirsty monsters. I love yokai to death, so any cinematic representation is fun for me. And what monster action we get here is fittingly awesome; we get a long-necked woman rokurokubi , long-tongued umbrella monsters kasa-obake and faceless humans noppera-bo , all of which look fantastic. Whenever the creatures are the focus of the camera, the film is fun as hell.
The problem is they are not the focus very often. Instead, we're treated to a pretty basic "samurai vs. This is to be expected from a budget flick from the '60s, but it does affect the enjoyment factor of the film.
Overall, though, it's an easy, fun watch with wonderful creature design and delightfully odd moments. Recommended for yokai fans or monster movie lovers, even if it won't become one of your favorites.
Details Edit. Release date March 20, Japan. The Hundred Ghost Stories. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 20 minutes. User icon An illustration of a person's head and chest. Sign up Log in. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip.
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