Yôkai hyaku monogatari

Did you look at the cover and title of this movie? Were you expecting some awesome tokusatsu flick sporting lots and lots of monsters with different costumes, exciting special effects, etc. Etc. Etc.? Well, sucks to be you. In reality is this awful thing the real number of monsters present is around 4 (at least, that's the number of monsters I was able to see before falling into a boredom-induced coma) and they're not particularly interesting or worthy of appreciation if compared to what Tsuburaya did two years before with the original Ultraman (hell, even the monsters from the boring 70's Kamen Rider are better than the ones present here). So, the tokusatsu part is lacking, how is the rest? Equally lacking, being comprimised of uberboring period drama that is as interesting as cutting nails or watching paint dry. There's a reason why this series is mostly unknown in the west, and this first movie proves why. Avoid for more interesting pastures with no remorse whatsoever.