The Demon

They'd be better off with strangers.

10/7/19781h 50min6.5/10(38 TMDB votes)

DramaCrime

Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura

Plot

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.

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Cast

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

Kunie Tanaka

Policeman

Hatsuo Yamaya

Hideji Ōtaki

Kimura, Bank Clerk