The Demon of Mount Oe

The Demon of Mount Oe
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji大江山酒天童子
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnŌeyama Shuten Dōji
Directed byTokuzō Tanaka
Screenplay byFuji Yahiro
Based onŌeyama Shuten Dōji
by Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Produced byMasaichi Nagata
Akinari Suzuki
StarringKazuo Hasegawa
Ichikawa Raizō VIII
Shintaro Katsu
CinematographyHiroshi Imai
Edited byKanji Suganuma
Music byIchirō Saitō
Production
company
Distributed byDaiei
Release date
  • April 27, 1960 (1960-04-27)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Demon of Mount Oe (Japanese: 大江山酒天童子, Hepburn: Ōeyama Shuten Dōji, lit. 'Shuten Doji of Mount Oe') is a 1960 Japanese horror film directed by Tokuzō Tanaka and produced by Daiei Film.[1][2] The film is about Samurai warriors joining forces to defeat a shape-changing supernatural creature.[3]

Cast

Release

The Demon of Mount Oe was released in Japan on April 27, 1960.[3] The film was released on VHS in Japan by Daiei on December 12, 1997[4] and was released on DVD by Kadokawa Shoten on January 24, 2014.[5]

References

  1. ^ キネマ旬報1960年6月上旬号. Kinema Junpō. 1960. p. -70-72.
  2. ^ Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. p. 311. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.
  3. ^ a b "大江山酒天童子 : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "大江山酒天童子", amazon.co.jp, 12 December 1997, retrieved July 18, 2021
  5. ^ 大江山酒天童子, retrieved July 18, 2021


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