The Demon
Kichiku
1978, Film, 110 min, Crime, Drama, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 66
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.
Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura
Cast
- Shima Iwashita as Oume, Sokichi's wife
- Ken Ogata as Sôkichi Takeshita
- Hiroki Iwase as Riichi, Sôkichi and Kikuyo's first son
- Miyuki Yoshizawa as Yoshiko
- Jun Ishii as Shôichi
- Eimei Esumi
- Jun Hamamura as Welfare official
- Yoshie Hinoki
- Yukio Horikita
- Takanobu Hozumi as Mizuguchi
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