Onmyoji (film)

Onmyoji
Onmyoji
	Japanese film poster
Directed by	Yōjirō Takita
Screenplay by	Yasushi Fukuda; Baku Yumemakura; Itaru Era;
Based on	Onmyōji; by Baku Yumemakura
Produced by	Kazuya Hamana; Tetsuji Hayashi; Nobuyuki Tōya; Takashi Hirano; Wataru Tanaka; Yutaka Okawa;
Starring	Mansai Nomura; Hideaki Itō; Hiroyuki Sanada;
Narrated by	Masane Tsukayama
Cinematography	Naoki Kayano; Tatsuya Osada;
Edited by	Isao Tomita; Nobuko Tomita;
Music by	Shigeru Umebayashi; Isao Tomita;
Production; companies	Tohokushinsha Film Corp.; Tokyo Broadcasting System; Dentsu; Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.; Toho;
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	October 6, 2001 (Japan);
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥3,010 million

Onmyoji (Japanese: 陰陽師, Hepburn: Onmyōji) is a 2001 Japanese film directed by Yōjirō Takita. It tells of the exploits of famed onmyōji Abe no Seimei, who meets and befriends bungling court noble Minamoto no Hiromasa. Together they protect the capital of Heian-kyō against an opposing onmyōji, Dōson, who is secretly plotting the downfall of the emperor.

A sequel, Onmyoji II, appeared in 2003. Both movies are based on the Onmyōji series of short stories by author Baku Yumemakura, which also inspired a manga series by Reiko Okano.