Wicked City

1987 82 min ★ 6.7 Animation, Fantasy, Horror

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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Cast

Yusaku Yara

Renzaburo Taki (voice)

Toshiko Fujita

Makie (voice)

Ichiro Nagai

Guiseppe Maiyart (voice)

Takeshi Aono

Mr. Shadow (voice)

Mari Yokoo

Spider Woman (voice)

Tamio Ohki

Hotel owner (voice)

Koji Totani

Jin (voice)

Yasuo Muramatsu

Company President (voice)

Kazuhiko Kishino

Healer (voice)

Arisa Andô

Soap Girl (voice)

Details

Director

Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Screenplay

Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

JA

Production

Madhouse, Japan Home Video

Reviews

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GenerationofSwine

January 12, 2023

★ 10/10

There is enough back story to have made this into a cool quasi MIB supernatural series. Instead what we got was a movie with a perverted little Yoda style sensi that was enjoyable enough to watch. The problem was it all came and went too fast and it felt rushed and unfortunately in a way that leaves you wanting to explore that odd little universe more.