The Demon is a 1978

1978 in film

The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 1 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California....

 Japanese

Cinema of Japan

The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...

 psychological drama directed by Yoshitaro Nomura

Yoshitaro Nomura

Yoshitarō Nomura was a prolific Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His first accredited film was released in 1953; his last in 1985...

 and written by Masato Ide, based on the novel by Seicho Matsumoto

Seicho Matsumoto

was a Japanese writer.Seichō's works created new tradition　of Japanese mystery / detective fiction. Dispensing with formulaic plot devices such as puzzles, Seichō incorporated elements of human psychology and ordinary life. In particular, his works often reflect a wider social context and postwar...

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Plot

Consumed by the jealousy and power struggles of their own relationships, a man, his mistress and his wife involve three children in their own games-with tragic results. After Sokichi stops providing his mistress with monetary support, she leaves her three children with him, whom she insists are also his, and disappears. Sokichi is bewildered and his wife is livid so with regard only for their own discomfort, they go about remedying their situation.

Cast

• Ken Ogata
  Ken Ogata
  Ken Ogata was a Japanese actor.Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama...
  
   as Sokichi Takeshita
• Shima Iwashita as Oume, Sokichi's wife
• Mayumi Ogawa
  Mayumi Ogawa
  is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 3rd Japan Academy Prize and at the 4th Hochi Film Award for Vengeance Is Mine and The Three Undelivered Letters.-Filmography:* Shiroi Kyotō * The Demon...
  
   as Kikuyo, Sokichi's lover
• Hiroki Iwase as Riichi, Sokichi and Kikuyo's 1st son

Awards

• 1979 Awards of the Japanese Academy
  • Won
    • Best Actor - Ken Ogata
    • Best Director - Yoshitaro Nomura
  • Nominated
    • Best Film
    • Best Music Score - Yasushi Akutagawa
    • Best Screenplay - Masato Ide
• 1979 Blue Ribbon Awards
  • Best Actor - Ken Ogata
  • Best Director - Yoshitaro Nomura
• 1978 Hochi Film Awards
  • Best Actor - Ken Ogata
• 1979 Kinema Junpo Awards
  • Best Actor - Ken Ogata
• 1979 Mainichi Film Concours
  • Best Actor - Ken Ogata
  • Best Art Direction - Kyohei Morita
  • Best Cinematography - Takashi Kawamata