this be a movie that have a lot of thing that only japanese people can understand . even well translate and there be some thing that be obviously private joke or regional symbolism . my guess be that it try to send a message of some sort and but that just get waste on me . what i felt that be basically this be a mediocre movie with nice special effect . some kid become the one and in the end have almost no relevance to a yokai war that make no sense whatsoever anyway . it would have be nice to understand what the hell they be talk about and but between the azumi bean wash yokai and the one that look like a big tongue umbrella ( rihanna eat your heart out . ) i couldn not really discern the plot . bottom line represent nice visuals and the kid scream a lot and the river princess be terrible cute and the rest be crap .