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Wicked City

Name: Wicked City
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Released: 1987
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Yusaku Yara, Toshiko Fujita, Ichiro Nagai, Takeshi Aono, Mari Yokoo

A peace treaty between the Earth and the Black World, a parallel universe of demons, is coming to an end. Two cops, Taki, a human male, and Maki, a female demon, are assigned to protect a diplomat who will help secure another treaty. A radical group of demons from the Black World are out to assassinate the diplomat and prevent the treaty; only the bond that forms between the two cops can save the Earth from destruction.

1987 · Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri · 82 min · Animation · Fantasy · Horror · 20 frames

Tagline

For centuries a treaty has existed between the human world and the realm of the demons.

Crew

Screenplay: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Norio Osada
Cinematography: Kinichi Ishikawa
Music: Osamu Shooji
Production design: Kazuo Oga

Cast

Yusaku Yara as Renzaburo Taki (voice)
Toshiko Fujita as Makie (voice)
Ichiro Nagai as Guiseppe Maiyart (voice)
Takeshi Aono as Mr. Shadow (voice)
Mari Yokoo as Spider Woman (voice)
Tamio Ohki as Hotel owner (voice)
Koji Totani as Jin (voice)
Yasuo Muramatsu as Company President (voice)
Kazuhiko Kishino as Healer (voice)
Arisa Andô as Soap Girl (voice)

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Studios: Madhouse, Japan Home Video
Themes: sadism, affectation, based on manga, tentacle, demon, biting, adult animation, domineering, anime, interspecies romance

More by Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Highlander: The Search for Vengeance — 2007
Ninja Scroll — 1993
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust — 2001
Demon City Shinjuku — 1988
The Animatrix — 2003

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