Demon King of Yoja Manor
1957 · 74 min · Horror
During a packed game at Korakuen Stadium, Eagles’ star Tsubota faints, while singer Kyoko Tsukita collapses on stage at Cabaret Copacana. Goro Hayatori, deputy director of Hayatori Hospital, grows suspicious of Akuri, founder of the new religion “Reihi-kyo,” who had predicted these incidents. Together with his fiancée Mitsuko Nogata and friend Chief Kamimura, he investigates Akuri. It’s revealed that Akuri conspired with Dr. Sakurada, a psychiatrist, using a brainwave-disrupting ray to cause Tsubota and Tsukita’s collapse. Disguised as “Busujima,” Sakurada operates from a nearby villa. Meanwhile, Dr. Stanley from Monotor Republic plans to assassinate conglomerate Maurice and enlists Sakurada to create a half-animal man. Soon after, Akuri predicts Tsubota’s death as Sakurada aims to showcase the creature’s power for profit.
- Director
- Morihei Magatani
- Writers
- Nagayoshi Akasaka, Michiyoshi Doi
- Released
- October 22, 1957
- Language
- Japanese
Cast
Jūzaburō Akechi
Goro Hayatori
Jack Altenbay
Professor Stanley
Ureo Egawa
Professor Sakurada
Chisako Hara
Tomoko Nakano
Ed Keane
Head of Monotol Repubric
Sōzaburō Kikuchi
Monster
Kyōji Kokonoe
Detective Yoshioka
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Tsubota
Fujio Murakami
Detective Narai
Misao Nakahara
Kyoko Tsukita
Akemi Nishi
Acrobat woman
Shojiro Ogasawara
Hunchback
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