A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression. The yōkai originate in Japanese folklore and range from the cute and silly to the disturbing.
The Great Yokai War has generally received positive reviews.
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The Great Yokai War was released in 2005 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 103 reviews, giving The Great Yokai War (2005) an average rating of 62%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 76%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 72%.
With a score of 62%, The Great Yokai War is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2005, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2005 with similar scores include films like The Longest Yard, Land of the Dead and Diary of a Mad Black Woman.
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