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The Great Yokai War: Guardians

2021 · 118 min

A colourful, good-natured creature-feature romp that mixes playful monster spectacle with a boy's earnest coming-of-age adventure.

Directed by: Takashi Miike
Genres: Fantasy, Family, Adventure
Starring: Kokoro Terada, Hana Sugisaki, Ray Inomata

Overview: Fifth grader Kei Watanabe has inherited the hunter's blood to hunt yōkai. To save the world from destruction, Kei challenges a war against the yōkai.

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Directed by: Takashi Miike
Genres: Fantasy, Family, Adventure
Starring: Kokoro Terada, Hana Sugisaki, Ray Inomata

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
family
coming-of-age
survival
loyalty
Places: big city
fantasy world
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	6
Horror	3
Humour	5
Realism	2
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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