Review of The Great Yokai War (2005) by Jesse P — 03 Nov 2010

Takeshi Miike leaves his usual gore filled epics for this children's film that does sport a lot of action and some truely fantastic costume designs as well. During summer vacation a young boy is chosen at a local festival to be the annual Kirin Rider, which is a mystical guardian against the evil Yokai spirits.

So the boy decides to fulfill the destiny of the Kirin Rider by climbing a mountain to get a powerful sword from the goblin king to stop the evil Yokai lord that is planning a full scale assualt on Tokyo.

Perhaps the film is a little on the long side, but don't be scared off because it is a children's film it will still appealto adults, but be prepared to not understand all the Japanese mythology.