YŌKAI ON THE SCREEN

ōkai, perhaps due to their bizarre visual traits, remain a popular subject for filmmakers. One of the. The film tells of a rich and evil landowner who incurs the wrath of a group Yōkai after holding a Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai ceremony. A success, it was its sequel that became arguably the most beloved of the three. This saw the Yōkai facing off against Daimon, a fictional Babylonian spirit, whose usage shows the lack of desire to portray the Yōkai as evil. Indeed, in all three films they are presented as vengeful protectors with the final film showing them saving a vulnerable child from villains. In 2005, famed Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike loosely remade as the , whose sequel, , was released earlier this year.