Topic: Yokais

Direction Shô Tsukikawa

Cast Takumi Kitamura · Jun Shison · Kanata Hongô · Shûhei Uesugi

Synopsis TV series (2023). His favourite dish? Ramen. His signature technique? The Reigan. A rebellious teenager must learn to use his new powers to protect his loved ones. Live-action version of the anime series 'Yû Yû Hakusho'.

Direction Yves Montmayeur

Cast Kiyoshi Kurosawa · Takashi Shimizu · Hideo Nakata · Junji Ito

Synopsis An exploration of the spirit world as portrayed in the height of the J-horror era of the late ‘90s.

Direction Yuji Makino

Cast Shin Koyamada · Lisa Nakama · Saki · Kingoro Torajima

Synopsis Born from a Coconut, IPPEI could see Nature's spirits invisible to normal human eyes. Without knowing his true ability and destiny, Ippei becomes isolated from people around him except a mythical spirit, and his only human friend KANA.

Direction Toshio Hirata

Cast Shigeru Mizuki

Synopsis These are a collection of animated shorts based on Shigeru Mizuki's illustrations. Each short focuses on a Yokai, a type of Japanese spirit. The shorts range in length from about one to four minutes. They have been categorized based on...

Direction Gou Koga

Synopsis Movie based on "Gegege no Kitarō" anime series, celebrating the 110th anniversary of the author Shigeru Mizuki's birthday.

Direction Atsushi Wada

Synopsis "GeGeGe no Kitaro" saying "Don't do that" to yokais in "Damedayo", a 4 minute short film by japanese indie animator Atsushi Wada, made in 2023 for "Kitaro Expo" (& the 100th anniversary of the birth of late Shigeru Mizuki).

Direction Tsubasa Tomori

Cast Kintarô Aoyama · Inko Haku · Christopher McCombs · Maria Papadopoulou

Synopsis Two forgeiners hunting for ghosts bite off more than they can chew when they encounter the people-eating vengeful spirit Jikininki.

Direction Minoru Inuzuka

Cast Mitsuko Mito · Yuji Hori · Yumiko Hasegawa · Eitarô Shindô

Synopsis A ghost story about a woman who dies a violent death and appears to the man she loves as a vengeful spirit. This film marked the turning point in Daiei’s shift in emphasis from thrillers to ghost stories.

Direction Alessandro Fantini

Cast Sacha Muhlebach · Helene Salvini · Lucy King · Lorenzo Fantini

Synopsis James Hallway came to Tokyo looking for the dream and a life with his beautiful wife, Sophie. Instead he found a life of toil, torment and alcoholism. Unable to face his descent into self destruction, Sophie left, abandoning him to...

Direction Ryohei Arai

Cast Yataro Kurokawa · Kazuko Fushimi · Michiko Ai · Takako Irie

Direction Seiji Hisamatsu

Cast Jun Usami · Taeko Kitakouchi · Akiko Sawamura · Eiji Funakoshi

Synopsis A dead lover returns as a ghost.

Direction Aimi Yamauchi

Synopsis TV Series (2024). 12 Episodes. In a rural town happens the the carefree, heartwarming, and sometimes mysterious stories of yōkai, humans, and gods's daily lives, who live alongside each other in the town. (Source: ANN)

Direction Howard Wimshurst