Teito Monogatari Gaiden

This article is about the live action spinoff film. For general information on the original novel and franchise it created, see Teito Monogatari.

Teito Monogatari Gaiden
Poster
Directed by	Izo Hashimoto
Written by	Rika Yamagami
Based on	the novel by Hiroshi Aramata
Produced by	Kazuo Suzaki
Starring	Kazuhiko Nishimura Sawa Suzuki Kazuko Shirakawa Hatsuo Yamaya Hiroshi Kanbe Bengal Ichiro Ogura Ayumi Nagashi Ryoka Yuzuki
Cinematography	Osamu Fujishi
Music by	Masaya Abe
Production company	KSS
Release date	1995 (1995)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Teito Monogatari Gaiden (帝都物語外伝) is a Japanese horror/dark fantasy film. It is a spin-off of the Teito Monogatari franchise. It is not based on the original novel, but rather adapted from a side story novel, Karakuri Doshi (which occurs in contemporary times). Like the animated adaptation which preceded it, the film is much darker, more violent and sexualized than its predecessors, and deviates greatly from its source material. It was released through V-Cinema in 1995.

The film was advertised as being a direct sequel to Tokyo: The Last War going so far as to include a silhouette of actor Kyusaku Shimada in many of the promotional materials. However the movie was produced by a completely different studio and worked on by a different creative staff from the Toho distributed adaptations.

Synopsis

In 1995, a mental hospital is erected near the Japanese Ministry of Finance, located adjacent to the grave of Taira no Masakado. A young male nurse by the name of Jin’ya Yanase is obsessed with the legend of Taira no Masakado and more importantly, the spirit of his evil subordinate Yasunori Kato. Slowly, he becomes possessed by Kato's spirit, who wants to use him as a new host to revive in the modern world. Keiko Tatsumiya (the heroine of the original story), is an old woman living homeless on the streets of Tokyo. When she senses the presence of Yasunori Kato, she must regain her resolve to face the demon-god and vanquish his spirit once and for all.

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Bibliography

• Harper, Jim (2008), Flowers from Hell: The Modern Japanese Horror Film (illustrated ed.), Noir Publishing, ISBN 978-0-9536564-7-9

External links

• Teito Monogatari Gaiden at IMDb
• Teito Monogatari Gaiden at Japanese Horror Movie Database