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Spooky Kitaro: Ghost Nighter(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-03-08
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Time: 0h 30m
Overview:
A film adaptation of the 'Spooky Kitaro' story of the same name: a baseball-themed story where Kitaro and his yokai friends play against a human baseball team. The plot revolves around the human team cheating their way to victory by using cursed bats to win games, and Kitaro steps in to restore fairness.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Spooky Kitaro: Ghost Nighter
Top 6 Billed Cast
松岡洋子
Kitaro (voice)
西村ちなみ
Neko Musume (voice)
龍田直樹
Ittan Momen (voice)
田の中勇
Medama-oyaji (voice)
山本圭子
Sunakake Babaa (voice)
千葉繁
Nezumi Otoko (voice)
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A film adaptation of the 'Spooky Kitaro' story of the same name: a baseball-themed story where Kitaro and his yokai friends play against a human baseball team. The plot revolves around the human team cheating their way to victory by using cursed bats to win games, and Kitaro steps in to restore fairness.
Release Date
1997-03-08
Average
6.5
Rating:
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