Hiruko the Goblin (1991)
Yôkai hantâ: Hiruko
Slam the door shut!
89 min
A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He beheads students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Hieda, an archaeology professor, and Masao, a haunted student, investigate the gory deaths.
- Release date
- May 11, 1991
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Trailer
Cast
- Kenji Sawada as Hieda Reijirou
- Naoto Takenaka as Takashi Yabe
- Megumi Ueno as Tsukishima Reiko
- Masaki Kudou as Masao Yabe
- Hideo Murota as Watanabe
- Kimiko Yo as Reiko's Mother
- Ken Mitsuishi as Archeologist
- Bang-ho Cho as Archeologist
- Yumi Mitani as Grandmother
- Imari Tsuji as Takashi Yabe's Mother
- Anri Hayashi
- Chika Asamoto as Akane Hieda
- Mitsue Midorikawa
Crew
- Shin'ya Tsukamoto · Director
- Daijirô Morohoshi · Writer
- Koji Tsutsumi · Writer
- Shin'ya Tsukamoto · Writer
- Toshiaki Nakazawa · Producer
- Shin Yoneyama · Producer
- Tatsushi Umegaki · Composer
- Masahiro Kishimoto · Cinematographer
- Yoshitami Kuroiwa · Editor
- Shin'ya Tsukamoto · Editor
- Satoshi Akatsuka · Production designer