Demon King of Yoja Manor (1957)
妖蛇荘の魔王
During a packed game at Korakuen Stadium, Eagles’ star Tsubota faints, while singer Kyoko Tsukita collapses on stage at Cabaret Copacana. Goro Hayatori, deputy director of Hayatori Hospital, grows suspicious of Akuri, founder of the new religion “Reihi-kyo,” who had predicted these incidents. Together with his fiancée Mitsuko Nogata and friend Chief Kamimura, he investigates Akuri. It’s revealed that Akuri conspired with Dr. Sakurada, a psychiatrist, using a brainwave-disrupting ray to cause Tsubota and Tsukita’s collapse. Disguised as “Busujima,” Sakurada operates from a nearby villa. Meanwhile, Dr. Stanley from Monotor Republic plans to assassinate conglomerate Maurice and enlists Sakurada to create a half-animal man. Soon after, Akuri predicts Tsubota’s death as Sakurada aims to showcase the creature’s power for profit.
- Date of release
- 1957-10-22
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- Horror
- Director
- Morihei Magatani
Casting
- Jūzaburō Akechi — Goro Hayatori
- Jack Altenbay — Professor Stanley
- Ureo Egawa — Professor Sakurada
- Chisako Hara — Tomoko Nakano
- Ed Keane — Head of Monotol Repubric
- Sōzaburō Kikuchi — Monster
- Kyōji Kokonoe — Detective Yoshioka
- Shinsuke Mikimoto — Tsubota
- Fujio Murakami — Detective Narai
- Misao Nakahara — Kyoko Tsukita
- Akemi Nishi — Acrobat woman
- Shojiro Ogasawara — Hunchback
Interesting facts
Yōjasō no Maō , also known as Demon King of Yoja Manor, is a 1957 black-and-white Japanese horror film directed by Morihei Magatani.
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