Film

Demon King of Yoja Manor

1957 · 1h 14m · 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.

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

Masaru Okada

Hiroshi Yamada

Reiko Seto

Mitsuko Nogata

Yoshihisa Suzuki

Acrobat man

Ken Uehara

Inspector Uemura

• Morihei MagataniDirector
• Nagayoshi AkasakaWriter
• Michiyoshi DoiWriter
• Mitsugi OkuraProducer
• Toshio GotoEditor

Release date

October 22, 1957

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 14m

Genres

Horror