SRS Cinema has acquired The Great Yokai War: Guardians, the long-awaited sequel to Takashi Miike’s 2005 Daiei revival. Miike returns to direct the pic which firstly opened in August 2021, featuring young actor Kokoro Terada, and written by Yusuke Watanabe.
Kokoro plays Kei, who finds himself thrust into whirlwind fantasy and horror in a quest that challenges him as the descendant of a legendary samurai, to save his younger brother and stave off Japan’s annihilation by a fearsome Yokaiju. The film also stars Rei Inomata as Kei’s younger brother, Dai, along with Hana Sugisaki, Nao Omori, Sakura Ando, Yuko Oshima, Eiji Akaso and Takao Osawa among others.
The Great Yokai War: Guardians also made the festival rounds that year, ultimately screening for Japan Cuts XV and allowing us to then provide a review for the movie which you can read here.
A release of the film on special Blu-ray and DVD/Digital release is in the works.
Read more at Sci-Fi Japan.
Lead pic: Japan Cuts