Mermaid Legend

Izu Peninsula. Summer. A splash. A young diver suspects something monstrous in the bay, but his elders dismiss it as superstition until the bodies pile up, mutilated. Then the Yakuza arrive. Ikeda's regional crime film plays like a grim harbinger of J-horror.

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Toshiharu Ikeda directed Mermaid Legend in 1984. See Toshiharu Ikeda's full filmography, where to start with Toshiharu Ikeda, or where to go after you've seen everything by Toshiharu Ikeda.

Mermaid Legend was released in 1984 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 110 minutes.