The Great Yokai War: Guardians

Stream The Great Yokai War: Guardians (妖怪大戦争 ガーディアンズ, 2021) online on iFILM — a Japanese fantasy-adventure directed by Takashi Miike, starring Kokoro Terada, Hana Sugisaki, and Ryunosuke Kamiki.

Fifth-grader Kei Watanabe discovers his family carries the bloodline of a yokai hunter — a legacy tied to the spirits and creatures of Japanese folklore. He doesn't get long to process it: he's pulled into a world where real yokai are preparing for war, and he's the one they're counting on to lead them. The film revisits mythology Miike first explored in his 2005 The Great Yokai War, resetting it with a new cast and production scale that dwarfs the original.

Miike has made over a hundred films in almost every genre — here he manages something unusual, piling in enough creature variety to satisfy genre fans while keeping the story accessible for families. Watch The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) online on iFILM.