The Demon (1978)
鬼畜
They'd be better off with strangers.
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.
- Date of release
- 1978-10-07
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (42)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- Yoshitarō Nomura
Casting
- Ken Ogata — Sokichi Takeshita
- Shima Iwashita — Oume
- Mayumi Ogawa — Kikuyo
- Hiroki Iwase — Riichi
- Miyuki Yoshizawa — Yoshiko
- Jun Ishii — Shôichi
- Jun Hamamura — Welfare Official
- Keizo Kanie — Akutsu
- Yoshi Katō — Doctor
- Mizuho Suzuki — Detective
- Noboru Mitani — Train Ticket Inspector
- Seiichi Suzuki — Detective
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