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  2. Category : Films based on Japanese myths and legends

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    Animated films based on Japanese myths and legends (8 P) Pages in category "Films based on Japanese myths and legends" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.

  3. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese chimera with the features of the beasts from the Chinese Zodiac: a rat's head, rabbit ears, ox horns, a horse's mane, a rooster's comb, a sheep's beard, a dragon's neck, a back like that of a boar, a tiger's shoulders and belly, monkey arms, a dog's hindquarters, and a snake's tail.

  4. Yokai Monsters - Wikipedia

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    Yokai Monsters (妖怪シリーズ) is a trilogy of Japanese horror/fantasy films written by Tetsuro Yoshida and released in the late 1960s. The films were produced by Daiei Film, and productions were largely influenced by Gamera and Daimajin franchises where Daimajin was also redeveloped from the Gamera franchise, [1] [2] and minor references among Gamera films and Daimajin and yōkai films ...

  5. Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters - Wikipedia

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    Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (Japanese: 妖怪百物語, Hepburn: Yōkai Hyaku Monogatari, lit. One Hundred Yōkai Tales ) is a 1968 Japanese fantasy horror film directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda , with special effects by Yoshiyuki Kuroda .

  6. The Great Yokai War - Wikipedia

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    The Great Yokai War (Japanese: 妖怪大戦争, Hepburn: Yōkai Daisensō) is a 2005 Japanese fantasy film directed by Takashi Miike, produced by Kadokawa Pictures and distributed by Shochiku. The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki , Hiroyuki Miyasako , Chiaki Kuriyama , and Mai Takahashi .

  7. Yōkai - Wikipedia

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    Yōkai (妖怪, "strange apparition") are a class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore.The kanji representation of the word yōkai comprises two characters that both mean "suspicious, doubtful", [1] and while the Japanese name is simply the Japanese transliteration or pronunciation of the Chinese term yaoguai (which designates similarly strange creatures), some Japanese ...

  8. Are One Piece’s Five Elders All Mythical Yokai Fruit Users?

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    This is a yokai – or demon – from Japanese folklore. The Ushi-oni has the face of an ox, or cow, with large rounded horns, and a large abdomen like a spider, with six protruding legs.

  9. List of media adaptations of Journey to the West - Wikipedia

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    Gokū no Daibōken, a 1967 Japanese anime. The Karma Saiyuki (Iyashite Agerun Saiyūki), a 2007 adult anime. [citation needed] Monkey Magic is an animated retelling of the legend. Monkey Typhoon is a manga and anime series based on the Journey to the West saga, following a futuristic steampunk-retelling of the legend. Osomatsu-kun was a 1988 ...