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| image = Along with Ghosts.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| native_name = {{Infobox name module Japanese| kanji=東海道お化け道中 | romajirevhep=Tōkaidō Obake Dōchū}}

| director = [[Kimiyoshi Yasuda]]<br>[[Yoshiyuki Kuroda]]

| screenplay = Tetsurō Yoshida

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| language = Japanese

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{{Nihongo|'''''Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts'''''|東海道お化け道中|Tōkaidō Obake Dōchū|lit. ''The Haunted Journey Along Tokaido''|lead=yes}} is a 1969 Japanese [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] [[horror film]] directed by [[Kimiyoshi Yasuda]] and [[Yoshiyuki Kuroda]].{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=101}} It is the third{{sfn|Papp|2009|p=229}} in a [[Yokai Monsters|trilogy of films]] produced in the late 1960s, all of which focus around traditional Japanese monsters known as ''[[yōkai]]''.

==Plot==

When a criminal boss Higuruma kills his rival and a witness, an old man who tried to protect a sacred site, he believes a young girl in the old man's care, Miyo, was also a witness and escaped with the evidence of his criminal activity. Higuruma and his men hunt down Miyo as she tries to find her missing father with the help of a swordsman, Hyakasuro, while the boss and his men are haunted by the curse of the yokai of the land they desecrated.

==Release==

''Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts'' was released in Japan on March 21, 1969.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=101}} It was released in the United States by Daiei International Films with English subtitles in 1969.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=102}} The film set for a 4K DVD and Blu-ray release by [[Kadokawa Pictures|Kadokawa]] in August 18.<ref name="Kadokawa Blu-ray">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/dp/B096VK7V61/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=%E5%A6%96%E6%80%AA%E7%99%BE%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E&qid=1623363032&rnid=2321267051&s=dvd&sr=1-5|title= 【Amazon.co.jp限定】妖怪百物語 4K修復版(2枚組)(大映妖怪三部作購入特典:復刻版「5円引きブロマイド」10枚セット引換シリアルコード付き) ※特典引き換えには対象3作品の購入が必要です※[Blu-ray] |work=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=15 July 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The Blu-ray will also be packaged with ''[[Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters]]'' and ''[[Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare]]'' in a box set due on September 24.<ref name="Kadokawa Blu-ray" />

==References==

{{Reflist}}

===Sources===

==Bibliography==

* {{cite book|last=Galbraith IV|first=Stuart|title=The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994|date=1996|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0-7864-0032-30786400323}}

* {{cite journal|last=Papp|first=Zilia|date=2009-11-11|title=Monsters at War: The Great Yōkai Wars, 1968-2005|journal=Mechademia|volume=4|issue=War/Time|pages=225–239|doi=10.1353/mec.0.0073|jstor=41510938|doi-access=free|s2cid=52229518|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/368628/pdf|url-access=subscription}}

==External links==

* {{AllMovieIMDb title|id=2893830202627}}

*{{IMDb title|id=0202627|title=Journey with Ghost Along Yokaido Road}}

{{Kimiyoshi Yasuda}}

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[[Category:Films scored by Chumei Watanabe]]