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Gegege no Kitarō (live-action movie)

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[ adapted from Kitaro (manga) ]
Alternative title:
Kitaro (Polish)
鬼太郎 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Plot Summary: n modern-day Japan, the worlds of the human and the yokai often collide, and usually not in the most pleasant of manners. Half-human and half-yokai, one-eyed Kitaro (Wentz Eiji) lives in Gegege Forest with his bickering friends Nezumi Otoko (Oizumi Yo) and Neko Musume (Tanaka Rena) and his eyeball father, and he dedicates his time to maintaining peace between humans and yokai. When a magical ball of power ends up in the wrong hands, Kitaro must recover it or both worlds could fall into grave danger.
Running time: 103 minutes
Vintage: 2007-04-28
Premiere date:
2007-04-28 (Japan)
2008-01-19 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
Opening Theme:
"Gegege no Kitaro" by Teppei Koike
Ending Theme:
"Awaking Emotion 8/5" by Eiji Wentz
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DVD (Region 1)
    Kitaro (DVD) 2008-10-28

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Katsuhide Motoki
Screenplay: Daisuke Habara
Original creator: Shigeru Mizuki

Theme Song Performance:
Eiji Wentz
Teppei Koike
Eiji Wentz as Kitaro
Isamu Tanonaka as Medama Oyaji (voice)
Japanese companies
Distributor: Shochiku Co., Ltd.
English staff
English companies
(none)
Licensed by: Navarre Corporation
English cast
(none)
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
Prepared By: Hazar Ahark
Mohammed Haddaki as Nezumi Otoko
Ramia Ibrahim as Neko Musume
Samir Radwan as Medama Oyaj
Wael Sharaf as Kitaro
Arabic companies
Broadcaster: space power
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Polish cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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