Re: poster for japanese monster flick
bansheebot wrote:
The floating spectre guy in white with long black hair, top center, is so cool. I always liked that one toy I saw of him as well (I think it came in a set). Anyone know his name?
Ditto banshee, I believe it is this yokai:
幽霊 (Yuurei)
Ghost
Reikon is the Shinto term for soul, which all people have, that joins
the souls of its ancestors when a person dies. But when a person dies in
an unfortunate way or is not given proper burial, the Reikon may become
a wandering ghost, called a Yuurei.
Female Yuurei are the norm (yet some males may transform into
a Yuurei). A Yuurei normally appears as a beautiful young woman, with
long flowing hair. No legs and lame hands. They are dressed in
ceremonial clothes for the dead, which is a katabira (white kimono) and a
hitakakushi (which is a triangular piece of paper), which is put on the
forehead of a dead person and allows the reikon to reunite with its
ancestors.
