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Wicked City

Wicked City

Animation · Fantasy · Horror · 1987

A peace treaty between the Earth and the Black World, a parallel universe of demons, is coming to an end. Two cops, Taki, a human male, and Maki, a female demon, are assigned to protect a diplomat who will help secure another treaty. A radical group of demons from the Black World are out to assassinate the diplomat and prevent the treaty; only the bond that forms between the two cops can save the Earth from destruction.

Movie details

Wicked City

“For centuries a treaty has existed between the human world and the realm of the demons.”

1987 Animation · Fantasy · Horror 1h 22m

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

A peace treaty between the Earth and the Black World, a parallel universe of demons, is coming to an end. Two cops, Taki, a human male, and Maki, a female demon, are assigned to protect a diplomat who will help secure another treaty. A radical group of demons from the Black World are out to assassinate the diplomat and prevent the treaty; only the bond that forms between the two cops can save the Earth from destruction.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Written by

Yoshiaki Kawajiri · Norio Osada

Yusaku Yara

Yusaku Yara

Renzaburo Taki (voice)

Toshiko Fujita

Toshiko Fujita

Makie (voice)

Ichiro Nagai

Ichiro Nagai

Guiseppe Maiyart (voice)

Takeshi Aono

Takeshi Aono

Mr. Shadow (voice)

Mari Yokoo

Mari Yokoo

Spider Woman (voice)

Tamio Ohki

Tamio Ohki

Hotel owner (voice)

Koji Totani

Koji Totani

Jin (voice)

Court is in session

Put Wicked City on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.