Movies Similar to Monster Heaven

Spooky Kitaro: The Great Yokai War(1986)

The second movie based on the 1985 TV anime.

Death Kappa(2010)

When military experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions. A monster arrives in the midst of the nuclear fallout, and Japan's defenses are helpless against it. Mankind's only savior is an irradiated water goblin from Japanese folklore called the "Death Kappa." The two rival monsters must go head-to-head in the ultimate battle between good and evil!

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Monday Drama Land Gegege no Kitaro(1985)

One day, Kitaro received a letter from the spirit world postman. The sender was an elementary school girl named Kyoko Seki. According to Kyoko, she was suddenly attacked with scissors on her way home from her cram school. Moreover, it is said that the state of the father is very strange. She said, "It must be the work of a youkai. Please defeat the evil youkai." What was waiting for Kitaro, who immediately headed to Ittan Momen and Kyoko's house...!?

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Spooky Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast(1996)

Kitaro is a yōkai boy born in a cemetery and, aside from his mostly decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost Tribe (幽霊族 yūrei zoku?). He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and yōkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter.

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Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts(1969)

In feudal Japan, gangsters chase a young girl who might testify against their boss. When the gangsters murder the girl's grandfather on sacred ground, the door is opened for the Yokai Monsters to step in.

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The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe(2023)

1955. Kitaro's father, Medama Oyaji, comes to Yagura Village in search of his missing wife. The village was ruled by the Ryuga clan, which controls Japan's political and business circles behind the scenes. Mizuki, who works at a blood bank, visits the village with a secret mission to mourn the death of the head of his family, and meets Kitaro's father. While an ugly fight unfolds over the succession of the head of the family, a member of the family is brutally murdered at the village shrine. It was the beginning of a terrifying chain of events.

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Weak-kneed from Fear of Ghost-Cat(1954)

Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period

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Dancing Mistress(1957)

Osen, a dance teacher who hates men, refuses to become the concubine of a rich merchant, but falls in love with the thief Sojiro, unaware that he is avenging the death of his brother. Jinzo, who wants to win over a rich merchant, pours boiling water on One's face...

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Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa(2013)

A new posted video was delivered to Ichikawa. A couple fishing in a pond captured a strange creature that emerged from the surface of the water.

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Spooky Kitaro: Yokai Express! The Phantom Train(1997)

Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity. In this episode The Western demons hijacked the Phantom Train. Kitaro and his friends must stop this crime.

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Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters(1968)

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.

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Bakemono(2019)

In Japanese culture, the day before spring is known as Setsubun. For over a thousand years, it has been tradition to throw soybeans to summon good luck and cast out evil spirits. What if a young girl has different plans to those of her traditional parents?

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Hell Teacher Nube(1996)

Kumiko Ijima is a very timid girl who happens to recognize a murderer still in pursuit at a park. With the help of her friend Kyoko Inaba, she warns the police about the wanted man. After trying to escape the police by car, the murderer crashes and ends up in the hospital. Some time later, a mysterious entity starts to terrorize the neighborhood in search of a girl who has the name initials K.I. and uses a red ribbon on her hair.

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Hell Teacher Nube: Summer Holiday of Fear! Legend of the Sea of Suspicion(1997)

When Nube and his class arrive at a small island to carry out beach activities, they heard a forbodding tale from an old man residing on the island. Legend has it that there is a creature known as the sea spider in the open seas around the island. When the creature is past 200 years old, it will turn into a monster and devour humans to satisfy its appetite. However, curiousity kills the cat and Yukime decides to pursue the authenticity of the legend. And then, a girl suddenly appears on the beach. Possessed with a strange charm, she immediately attracts Hiroshi's attention and overcomes him. Soon later, strange things start to happen to the others whereby Kyoko and Ritsuko-sensei got attacked under strange circumstances. The true identity behind the mysterious girl is questioned and the legend behind the sea creature seems to be true after all.

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Kappa no Sanpei: Ghost Operation(1968)

Sanpei has opened the door to the world of the kappa.

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The Great Yokai War: Guardians(2021)

Kei Watanabe is a fifth grade elementary school student. He has inherited the hunter's blood to hunt yōkai. To save the world from being destroyed, Kei Watanabe challenges a war against the yōkai.

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Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare(1968)

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

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Spooky Kitaro: Ghost Nighter(1997)

A film adaptation of the 'Spooky Kitaro' story of the same name.

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Hell Teacher Nube: At 0 a.m. Nube is Dead!!(1997)

Nube gets a new student called Jun Kagami, a shy boy who has just transferred to Doumori Elementary School. Due to his insecurities, Jun believes that his only friend is a mysterious clown entity that lives inside mirrors. It is up to Nube to find out the true nature of this clown.

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Spooky Kitaro: Crash!! The Great Rising of Demons from Another Dimension(1986)

Kitaro's worries about a typhoon that came during the unseasonable winter turn out to be true. A typhoon known as a mysterious weather event that occurs once every 1000 years has landed in Tokyo. At that time, a monster emperor appears on TV and decides to support Japan...

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