Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare

Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare

The most bizarre monsters the world has ever seen!

1968 · 79 min · ★ 6.4 · Horror, Fantasy

When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him.

Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda · Written by Tetsurō Yoshida

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