Summer of Demon
4.6
1981
1 hr 36 min
Drama
, Horror
A former retainer to a noble family kills his wife's father when he tries to expose his past crimes. When he begins an affair with the daughter of another clan's retainer, her father tries to poison him but the substance instead claims an innocent victim...
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- Cast：
- Kenichi Hagiwara , Keiko Takahashi , Masako Natsume , Aiko Morishita , Renji Ishibashi , Ichirō Ogura , Hiroshi Katsuno
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I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
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The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
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A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
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It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
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