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ERA
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43 years old โ old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Village of Doom
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEING A DEVIL?"
1983 1h 55m JA
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6.7
SOLID
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6.7TMDB ยท 16
HorrorCrimeDrama
Synopsis
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Rejected by the military and frowned upon by his fellow villagers, a young man nicknamed 'Genius' falls into a series of dangerous love affairs during World War II.
โWHAT'S WRONG WITH BEING A DEVIL?โ
Cast
Masato Furuoya
Tsugio Inumaru
Misako Tanaka
Yasuyo Akagi
Shino Ikenami
Eriko Tosaka
Izumi Hara
Han Inumaru
Renji Ishibashi
Chuji Akagi
Hatsuo Yamaya
Police Akamatsu
Yasuhiro Arai
Tesuo Nakayama
Isao Natsuyagi
Yuzo Akagi
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Noboru Tanaka
- Writers
- Bล Nishimura, Takuya Nishioka
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Fun facts ๐ฟ
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Noboru Tanaka, shot by Keiji Maruyama. Note their partnership โ DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Masanori Sasaji. Worth a dedicated listen after โ most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Hikoji Goto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Masato Furuoya and Misako Tanaka and Shino Ikenami carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEING A DEVIL?".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0229820 โ still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 16 TMDB ratings โ you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Noboru Tanaka directs. Keiji Maruyama behind the camera. Masanori Sasaji scores. Hikoji Goto cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 143 years old โ old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Directed by Noboru Tanaka, shot by Keiji Maruyama. Note their partnership โ DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Original score by Masanori Sasaji. Worth a dedicated listen after โ most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Hikoji Goto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Masato Furuoya and Misako Tanaka and Shino Ikenami carry the top of the cast.
- 6Marketing tagline: "WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEING A DEVIL?".
- 7IMDB entry: tt0229820 โ still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 16 TMDB ratings โ you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Keiji Maruyama
- Original score
- Masanori Sasaji
- Editing
- Hikoji Goto
- Runtime
- 115 min ยท 1h 55m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Noboru Tanaka
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Fuji Eiga Company
JP
- SH
Shochiku Eizo Co., Ltd.
JP
Key crew
- Executive ProducerKazuyoshi Okuyama
- Original StoryBล Nishimura
- Art DirectionKunihiro Inomata
- Lighting TechnicianMasahiro Noda
- Sound RecordistTadahiko Yamamoto
- Sound MixerSachio Obi
- EditorHikoji Goto
Release history ยท US
When it landed
- Theatrical1983-01-15
