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Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968) · 妖怪百物語

Original title: 妖怪百物語

1968 · Kimiyoshi Yasuda · 80 min · Japan · Edited by 1

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A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out of a tenement building and destroy the shrine in back. But he makes the fatal mistake of hosting a 100 Ghost Stories ceremony without the closing cleansing ritual, opening the door for the Yokai Monsters to punish the wicked.

A 1968 title built around Demon and Monsters. Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.

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French: La Malédiction des Yokai
German: 100 Monsters
Chinese: 妖怪百物语
Korean: 요괴백물어

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