Yokai Monsters 100 Monsters - 1968 - 6/10
AKA - Yōkai Hyaku Monogatari // 妖怪百物語

Yes, the woods are dangerous, dark and deep, with forces lurking everywhere.
Yet, the perfidious and treacherous souls of men are much worse.
The wealthy landowner (property developer) plans to tear down the shrine and houses for a brothel.
In cahoots, the crooked, corrupt local magistrate. Well, profits outweigh public needs.
An evening of sake and ghost stories culminates with a purification –
Which the men of power forego, scoffing at superstition.
There are about five narratives in this, but everything stitches well and moves briskly.
Monsters are old school puppets, costumes, acrobatics, pasteboard.