Japan, 1990
89m
35mm film, colour, 1.85:1
mono, Japanese
A Japanese horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto.
Plot Summary
A school built on a gateway to Hell is stalked by the murderous goblin Hiruko, sent to earth to behead students and attach the heads to an army of demonic spiders.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Shinya Tsukamoto
Nichiei Agency, Sedic, Shochiku-Fuji Company, Wings
Executive Producers: Yasuhiro Hasegawa
Produced by: Toshiaki Nakazawa, Shin Yoneyama
Associate Producers: Sadao Ochi, Shin Yoneyama
Planner: Kôji Tsutsumi
Written by: Shinya Tsukamoto
Story by: Koji Tsutsumi
Based on the Manga Kairyû-Sai No Yoru – Yôkai Hantâ by: Daijirô Morohoshi
Director of Photography: Masahiro Kishimoto
Editors: Yoshitami Kuroiwa, Shinya Tsukamoto
Music by: Tatsushi Umegaki
Sound Recordist: Osamu Kageyama
Special Make-up Effects: Etsuko Egawa
Special Effects Supervisor: Eiichi Asada
Special Creature Effects: Takashi Oda
Cast
Kenji Sawada (Hieda Reijirou)
Masaki Kudou (Masao Yabe)
Hideo Murota (Watanabe)
Naoto Takenaka (Takashi Yabe)
Megumi Ueno (Tsukishima Reiko)
Banhô Chô [real name: Bang-ho Cho]
Ken Mitsuishi (archeologist)
Imari Tsuji
Kimiko Yo
Alternative Titles
Demonios asesinos – Argentine title
Hiruko the Goblin – English language, French, Italian title
Хируко-гоблин – Russian title
妖怪ハンター – Japanese title
References
Periodicals
Fangoria no.243 (May 2005) pp.50-55 – illustrated interview with Shinya Tsukamoto (Hiruko the Goblin: Monster Mania by Tom Mes)
Books
Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.232-233 – credits
Horror Films of the 1990s by John Kenneth Muir pp.162-163 – credits, review
