English-language trailers for Takashi Miike’s THE GREAT YOKAI WAR (YÔKAI DAISENSÔ)

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1. logboy 09/02/2005 @ 10:50am

   made my day. downloading now…

2. seductivepuppy 09/02/2005 @ 11:03am

   haha. miike doing a kids flick. love it.

3. logboy 09/02/2005 @ 11:04am

   yep. made my day for certain - the longer dubbed trailer is largely new footage we havent seen, with nice special effects and stop-motion animation. the subtitled trailer is nicer quality than the one that streamed from the official site too…

4. Kurt 09/02/2005 @ 1:03pm

   Soon…Soon…! Looking forward to this one!

5. Donkee 09/02/2005 @ 5:48pm

   am i right in thinkin this has already come out in Japan? if so was it a hit or a miss?

6. logboy 09/03/2005 @ 2:16am

   out in japan mid august. hit as far as i know, though i dont follow the charts as theyre not particularly informative unless yuo wonder how hollywood films do in other countries…

7. remaker 09/03/2005 @ 2:58am

   Saw it opening weekend, it’s been out in Tokyo for the lesser part of a month and, despite its larger-than-usual (for a Miike) release it is in most respects not a hit. Although, it most certainly got the publicity. Most younger kids were stoked to see it and my screening had at least half of its audience in school still.

   There is a sequel in the works, probably Twitch has known for a lot longer than me.  

   My personal take: I like Miike and I was pleased to see a film of his in theatres, for once, and to see him put together an entertaining story, if a little bit of a safe one. There are momentary flashes of hideous awfulness that would make the film a lot less appropriate for American kids, but it’s generally regarded as a family film here.

   I would not watch it again. But I liked it.

   I would not recommend it to Miike fans who know and care about his Ichi sort of films, but not his Sabus.

   The marketing campaign is in every respect more impressive and thrilling than the film. Which does not make it a bad film. It’s just that all the cool photo shoots, books, posters plush hamsters playing cards and broken swords you can buy are more fun.

   Liked it a hell of ton more than the last three or four films he’s done.

8. logboy 09/03/2005 @ 3:09am

   no word until now on the sequel being made - is miike directing again? or is it a ‘one missed call’ type of sequel?... links to news (in japanese or english) on this appreciated. thanks.

9. Helen 12/12/2005 @ 1:04pm

   Thank you for the links. It was interesting to observe.

10. Kwon 02/11/2006 @ 12:19pm

    http://www.kaijushakedown.com/2005/09/the_great_yokai.html

    http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117928240?categoryid=31&cs;=1

    found reviews.
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