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The Great Yokai War

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The Great Yokai War	comment	The Great Yokai War is a fantasy-horror film directed by Takashi Miike, which tells the tale of a young boy caught in a war between traditional Japanese folklore creatures known as Youkai. Young Tadashi Ino is declared the "Kirin Rider" at a local festival, not knowing that the title will soon become literal. He becomes a reluctant hero in a war between the traditional Youkai, and a new, mechanical version created by the evil Yasunori Kato to destroy humanity. The film is an homage to the Yokai Monsters series of films, created in the 1960s by Daiei.Received a sequel The Great Yokai War: Guardians in 2021, which includes the character Daimajin.Noted for its similarities to The Neverending Story.
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The Great Yokai War / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
The Great Yokai War / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: The beans and rice that Tadashi got from becoming the Kirin Rider protect his family from the Tsukumogami.
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The Great Yokai War / int_26e685c0	type	A Mythology Is True
The Great Yokai War / int_26e685c0	comment	A Mythology Is True: Set in a world of Japanese folklore.
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The Great Yokai War / int_2ae29c0d	type	The Dreaded
The Great Yokai War / int_2ae29c0d	comment	The Dreaded: Yasunori Kato. He's so greatly feared that most of the yokai will come up with any excuse to not face this majin.
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The Great Yokai War / int_3318a1cb	type	Distant Finale
The Great Yokai War / int_3318a1cb	comment	Distant Finale: In the epilogue, we see Tadashi all grown up and heading off to work.
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The Great Yokai War / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
The Great Yokai War / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: The day is saved, and Kato is stopped. Years later, Tadashi grows up, and can no longer see yokai, including his old friend Sunekosuri. Also, Kato is Not Quite Dead...and tracked Tadashi down.
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The Great Yokai War / int_4832a3bb	type	Always Chaotic Evil
The Great Yokai War / int_4832a3bb	comment	Always Chaotic Evil: All Tsukumogami seem to share a similar, all-consuming interest: KILL. Even Sunekosuri is not immune.
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The Great Yokai War / int_4b220918	type	Godhood Seeker
The Great Yokai War / int_4b220918	comment	Godhood Seeker: Kato's purpose for creating the Tsukumogami is to destroy humanity and make himself the god of a new world.
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The Great Yokai War / int_4cb71cf9	type	Unwilling Roboticisation
The Great Yokai War / int_4cb71cf9	comment	Unwilling Roboticisation: The yokai that are turned into tsukumogami. Including Sunekosuri.
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The Great Yokai War / int_4ee487f2	type	Evil Makes You Ugly
The Great Yokai War / int_4ee487f2	comment	Evil Makes You Ugly: All of the Tsukumogami are twisted assemblies of wreckage and sharp pieces. Even Sunekosuri.
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The Great Yokai War / int_57efd4c4	type	Growing Up Sucks
The Great Yokai War / int_57efd4c4	comment	Growing Up Sucks: Because it comes with losing the ability to see the yokai unless you drink lots of alcohol.
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The Great Yokai War / int_584417c2	type	Reforged into a Minion
The Great Yokai War / int_584417c2	comment	Reforged into a Minion: The Tsukumogami are made by smelting together a yokai and some human refuse, e.g. parts of a sign, or a motorcycle.
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The Great Yokai War / int_5ebe78be	type	Transplanted Character Fic
The Great Yokai War / int_5ebe78be	comment	Transplanted Character Fic: In a sense. Kato is the only character from the Teito Monogatari series (though he still acts the same). The movie avoids being an In Name Only installation, however, as it's not billed as being part of Teito Monogatari.
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The Great Yokai War / int_60194b82	type	Spanner in the Works
The Great Yokai War / int_60194b82	comment	Spanner in the Works: Kato's goal is undone by a single azuki bean falling in with him. Since azuki beans are full of positive energy, it negates the Yomotsumono, leaving Kato with nothing.
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The Great Yokai War / int_63d861f8	type	Even Evil Has Loved Ones
The Great Yokai War / int_63d861f8	comment	Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Agi specifically points out that the end of her and Kato's project is for them to be reforged into one being. And then he kills her just to break her heart as the final step.
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The Great Yokai War / int_6a6760fa	type	The Power of Hate
The Great Yokai War / int_6a6760fa	comment	The Power of Hate: The Yomotsumono, the hatred felt by all things used and discarded.
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The Great Yokai War / int_71e514b5	type	Don't Try This at Home
The Great Yokai War / int_71e514b5	comment	Don't Try This at Home: At one point, Tadashi and his youkai friends are clinging on to the wing of a Boeing 747, screaming in terror, the action freezes and a message appears on screen in Japanese and English: DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME, KIDS!
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The Great Yokai War / int_7431b974	type	Vile Villain, Saccharine Show
The Great Yokai War / int_7431b974	comment	Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: While not Sugar Bowl levels of sweet, the movie is largely a lighthearted fantasy romp with youkai. However, it quickly becomes very dark whenever Kato and his minions show up. Justified, as Kato is a very vile villain even in his own series.
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The Great Yokai War / int_7fbb2a3	type	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
The Great Yokai War / int_7fbb2a3	comment	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Maybe Agi would still have been able to break the sword without Tadashi throwing it away. But it sure didn't help.
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The Great Yokai War / int_928ca2cc	type	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
The Great Yokai War / int_928ca2cc	comment	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: A major theme of the movie, as things that humans throw away because they find them useless created the Yomotsumono.
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The Great Yokai War / int_a4e3759e	type	You Don't Look Like You
The Great Yokai War / int_a4e3759e	comment	You Don't Look Like You: Kato received a major makeover, removing his Commissar Cap and replacing his dark green military uniform with a black suit and a Badass Longcoat. His pentagrams were removed from his hands and placed on his coat collar.
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The Great Yokai War / int_ba389b4	type	Swiss-Army Tears
The Great Yokai War / int_ba389b4	comment	Swiss-Army Tears: Tadashi's tears restore Sunekosuri after the latter has been defeated.
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The Great Yokai War / int_bc2c77d5	type	Living Structure Monster
The Great Yokai War / int_bc2c77d5	comment	Living Structure Monster: One of the Youkai featured is a talking, limbed wall. Just picture an extremely wide Spongebob Squarepants with a disproportionately huge body. Guy's just a literal Living Prop though, and does nothing much in the story other than being literally part of the background.
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The Great Yokai War / int_bea77379	type	Youkai
The Great Yokai War / int_bea77379	comment	Youkai: As the title suggests, most of the cast is yokai.
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The Great Yokai War / int_c34ddc34	type	Kirin
The Great Yokai War / int_c34ddc34	comment	Kirin: At the start, Tadashi is bitten during a street festival by the dancer's kirin head, which according to local custom makes him the next "kirin rider", a hero fated to defeat malevolent Youkai; in the climax, he is seen riding the kirin through the sky.
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The Great Yokai War / int_c5fa22af	type	The Tokyo Fireball
The Great Yokai War / int_c5fa22af	comment	The Tokyo Fireball: Downplayed. After the battle is won, Kato's factory goes up in a giant explosion that blows away all the yokai in what looks like a World-Wrecking Wave - but nobody gets hurt, the yokai think getting blown away is fun, and no further damage happens to Tokyo.
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The Great Yokai War / int_cf511248	type	All Part of the Show
The Great Yokai War / int_cf511248	comment	All Part of the Show: The yokai congregate at Tokyo and fight the tsukumogami to more than a standstill, but don't seem to realize or care that there's a genuine danger.
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The Great Yokai War / int_e35bc0f7	type	Tragic Monster
The Great Yokai War / int_e35bc0f7	comment	Tragic Monster: Tsukumogami!Sunekosuri.
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The Great Yokai War / int_eb81c601	type	Big Damn Heroes
The Great Yokai War / int_eb81c601	comment	Big Damn Heroes: When practically every yokai in Japan shows up for the "festival".
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The Great Yokai War / int_fd1f1a63	type	Ridiculously Cute Critter
The Great Yokai War / int_fd1f1a63	comment	Ridiculously Cute Critter: Sunekosuri, who resembles a guinea pig wearing a shirt.
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