The Demon

The Demon (1978)

They'd be better off with strangers.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1978-10-07
  • User Rating: 6.25/10 from 30 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 50min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Shochiku
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Yoshitaro Nomura
star 6.25/10
From 30 Ratings

Summary

When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children with Sokichi - and his very surprised and angry wife Oume - and disappears.

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  • Shima Iwashita

    as Oume, Sokichi's wife

  • Ken Ogata

    as Sokichi Takeshita

  • Mayumi Ogawa

    as Kikuyo, Sokichi's lover

  • Hiroki Iwase

    as Riichi, Sokichi and Kikuyo's 1st son

  • Miyuki Yoshizawa

    as Yoshiko

  • Jun Ishii

    as Shôichi

  • Jun Hamamura

    as Welfare Official

  • Keizo Kanie

    as Akutsu, Sôkichi's colleague

  • Yoshi Katō

    as Doctor

  • Mizuho Suzuki

    as Detective

  • Noboru Mitani

    as Train Ticket Inspector

  • Seiichi Suzuki

    as Detective

  • Kunie Tanaka

    as Policeman

  • Hatsuo Yamaya

    as

  • Hideji Ōtaki

    as Kimura, Bank Clerk

  • Shinobu Otake

    as Policewoman

  • Takanobu Hozumi

    as Mizuguchi

  • Eimei Esumi

    as

  • Yoshie Hinoki

    as

  • Yukio Horikita

    as

  • Tokuo Ichimaru

    as

  • Hirokazu Inoue

    as

  • Hirokazu Ishii

    as

  • Jun Kajima

    as

  • Hisako Kawamura

    as

  • Taku Kido

    as

  • Shirô Matsuda

    as

  • Norio Matsui

    as

  • Yasukiyo Umeno

    as

  • Noriyuki Watanabe

    as

  • Katsu Yamamoto

    as
Directing Yoshitaro Nomura Director
Writing Masato Ide Writer
Writing Seicho Matsumoto Story
Production Yoshiki Nomura Co-Producer
Production Yoshitaro Nomura Producer
Sound Yasushi Akutagawa Original Music Composer
Camera Takashi Kawamata Director of Photography
Editing Kazuo Ôta Editor
Art Kyôhei Morita Art Direction
Art Noboru Isozaki Set Decoration
Production Mamoru Komatsu Production Manager
Production Hiroshi Yoshioka Executive In Charge Of Production
Directing Shingo Matsubara Assistant Director
Art Teruo Yokote Set Designer
Sound Tadahiko Yamamoto Sound Recordist
Sound Takashi Yamamoto Sound Effects Editor
Camera Sôhei Hasegawa Still Photographer
Lighting Matsutaro Kobayashi Gaffer

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