Teito Monogatari Gaiden

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.[1]

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 byIzo Hashimoto
Produced byKazuo Suzaki
Written byRika Yamagami
Based onthe novel
by Hiroshi Aramata
StarringKazuhiko Nishimura
Sawa Suzuki
Kazuko Shirakawa
Hatsuo Yamaya
Hiroshi Kanbe
Bengal
Ichiro Ogura
Ayumi Nagashi
Ryoka Yuzuki
Music byMasaya Abe
CinematographyOsamu Fujishi
Production
company
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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.

References
Notes
  1. Harper 2008, p. 49
Bibliography
  • Harper, Jim (2008), Flowers from Hell: The Modern Japanese Horror Film (illustrated ed.), Noir Publishing, ISBN 0-9536564-7-0


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