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Rating: 7 stars

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Japan Netflix shochiku

All movies seen on 05/02/2010

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The Demon (1978)

Directed by Yoshitaro Nomura

Drama | Mystery | Suspense

Overview

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.

Length 110 minutes

Actors

Shima Iwashita | Ken Ogata | Mayumi Ogawa | Hiroki Iwase | Miyuki Yoshizawa | Jun Ishii | Jun Hamamura | Keizo Kanie | Yoshi Katô | Mizuho Suzuki | Noboru Mitani | Seiichi Suzuki | Kunie Tanaka | Hatsuo Yamaya | Hideji Ôtaki | Shinobu Ōtake | Takanobu Hozumi | Eimei Esumi | Yoshie Hinoki | Yukio Horikita | Tokuo Ichimaru | Hirokazu Inoue | Hirokazu Ishii | Jun Kajima | Hisako Kawamura | Taku Kido | Shirô Matsuda | Norio Matsui | Yasukiyo Umeno | Noriyuki Watanabe | Katsu Yamamoto

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Wasn’t really in the mood for Yoshitaro Nomura’s The Demon a.k.a. Kichiku (1979) but wanted to get this disc back to Netflix after sitting on it for over a week. Why wasn’t I up for it? Similar to Nobody Knows, this is a brutal depiction of unwanted children. Ken Ogata is the father trying to cope w/caring for his kids born out of wedlock. Ultimately he decides he’d be better off without and looks for ways to dispatch his 3 children. The drama is intense and tough to watch at times but a very heartfelt film.

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