The Demon (1978)
Kichiku
They'd be better off with strangers.
110 min
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.
- Release date
- October 7, 1978
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Yasushi Akutagawa
Where to watch
Subscription
Criterion Channel
Trailer
Cast
- Ken Ogata as Sôkichi Takeshita
- Shima Iwashita as Oume, Sokichi's wife
- Mayumi Ogawa as Kikuyo
- Hiroki Iwase as Riichi, Sôkichi and Kikuyo's first son
- Jun Hamamura as Welfare official
- Keizō Kanie as Akutsu
- Yoshi Katô as Doctor
- Mizuho Suzuki as Detective
- Noboru Mitani as Train Ticket Inspector
- Seiichi Suzuki as Detective
- Kunie Tanaka as Policeman
- Hatsuo Yamaya
- Hideji Ōtaki as Kimura, Bank Clerk
- Shinobu Ôtake as Policewoman
- Takanobu Hozumi as Mizuguchi
- Eimei Esumi
- Yoshie Hinoki
- Yukio Horikita
- Hirokazu Inoue
- Taku Kido
- Norio Matsui
- Yasukiyo Umeno
- Miyuki Yoshizawa as Yoshiko
- Jun Ishii as Shôichi
Crew
- Yoshitarō Nomura · Director
- Masato Ide · Writer
- Seichô Matsumoto · Writer
- Yoshitarō Nomura · Producer
- Yasushi Akutagawa · Composer
- Takashi Kawamata · Cinematographer
- Kazuo Ôta · Editor