Wicked City (film)

Wicked City (???? Y?j? Toshi) is a Japanese gothic horror noir anime that is based on the novel series by Hideyuki Kikuchi.

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Gothic - Horror - Noir - Anime - Novel - Hideyuki Kikuchi

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The film was released in Japan on the 19 April 1987 by Japan Home Video (JHV) and received a western release dubbed by Streamline Pictures under the name Wicked City or Supernatural Beast City on the 20 August 1993. After Streamline Pictures have expired this movi, it is now licensed and distributed by Urban Vision. The film is directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, who later went on to direct Ninja Scroll (J?bei Ninp?ch?) and one episode of the Animatrix. The film featured a soundtrack by Hitomi Tooyama.

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19 April - 1987 - Japan Home Video - Streamline Pictures - 20 August - 1993 - Urban Vision - Yoshiaki Kawajiri - Ninja Scroll - Animatrix - Hitomi Tooyama

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The narrative is set towards the end of the 20th century and explores the idea that the human world secretly coexists with the demon world with a secret police force known as the Black Guard protecting the boundary. The film is a sexual thriller and uses sex both as a weapon (sex with monsters, rape, oral sodomy and torture) and as a form of romantic expression. The film portrays demons as beings that can walk in human form and seduce their prey much like a Siren instilling castration anxiety in the viewer through use of demons with vagina dentata. The film portrays demons as fleshy beastials sporting tentacles in a way that has manifested itself in other works ever since, enforced further by Yoshiaki Kawajiri character designs in Makaitoshi Shinjuku in 1988. USA comic book creator Todd McFarlane has often cited many designs in his famed comic book Spawn have been inspired by Y?j? Toshi.

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20th century - Demon - Sexual thriller - Rape - Oral sodomy - Torture - Siren - Castration anxiety - Vagina dentata - Makaitoshi Shinjuku - 1988 - USA - Comic book - Todd McFarlane - Spawn

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The theatrical release runs for 90 minutes, but in certain countries a censored version has been released. The western tag line is "When desire turns deadly, there's no place left to hide..."

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