The Demon

Deep mountains. Winter wind. A blood-slicked arrowhead. Two hunters lose more than a deer-kill when a forest demon snatches the younger. One brother's trophy of revenge soon births a trail of uncanny horrors. Folk-horror nightmare by a stop-motion master.

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Kihachiro Kawamoto directed The Demon in 1972. See Kihachiro Kawamoto's full filmography, where to start with Kihachiro Kawamoto, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kihachiro Kawamoto.

The Demon was released in 1972 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 8 minutes.