Chôjin densetsu Urotsukidôji (1989) (V)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Hideki Takayama

Writers:

Shô Aikawa (writer)
Michael Lawrence (writer)

Release Date:

11 March 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery

Plot:

When Overfiend is found and born in a human, he will remake the world to something more of his liking...

Plot Keywords:

Notorious | Penetration | Controversy | Inferno | Bodily Dismemberment

Cast

Bick Balse	...	Ozaki (voice: English version)
Christopher Courage	...	Amano Jyaku (voice: English version)
Rebel Joy	...	Akemi Ito (voice: English version)
Yasunori Matsumoto	...	(voice)
Lucy Morales	...	Megumi Amano (voice: English version)
Jurgen Offen	...	Suikakujyu (voice: English version)
Rose Palmer	...	Kuroko (voice: English version)
Bill Timoney	...	Tatsua Nagumo / Niki (voice: English version) (also as Randy Woodcock) (also as Danny Bush)
Kôichi Yamadera

Also Known As:

Legend of the Overfiend
The Wandering Kid
Urotsukidôji
Urotsukidôji I: Legend of the Overfiend (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:18+ (Quebec) | USA:NC-17 (theatrical release, cut) | Chile:18 | Australia:Refused Classification (original rating) | Australia:R (censored version) | Austria:(Banned) (original rating) | Germany:18 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | USA:Unrated | Spain:18 | UK:18

Company:

Anime 18

Quotes:

Amano Jaku: No big deal....Counterstrike

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Retarded Animal Babies (2003) (V)

Not just tentacles and porn.

Many people see this as nothing else but another stupid hentai title with cute little girls being raped and killed for no good reason. Well, with such way of thinking, Neon Genesis Evangelion would be nothing more but stupid big robots fighting for entertainment that little boys can watch. Well, that of course isn't the case, is it? Such an opinion is a serious understatement.

First of all unlike other hentai titles I've come across, this series is strongly plot driven. In fact, (almost) all of the sex scenes serve the storyline and drive the story forward in some way, let it be consensual or not.

As for the characters, this movie is unique already in the fact that it's one of the very few films that actually has made me feel something for the characters. Like the character of Niki for instance, or the doomed love of Nagumo and Akemi...I wanted to shed a tear or two for them.

To sum it up simply, Urotsukidoji is very much worth of watching, if you can take the content, that is. If demons with multiple penises raping schoolgirls (which actually happens quite a little, in the first series at least) and the excessive violence doesn't disturb you, I highly recommend this one. As a hentai title, it's 5 out of five. As a movie among others...3 1/2 out of 5.