# Demons (1971)

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**Original title**: *修羅*
**Runtime**: 134 min
**Genres**: Horror, Drama
**Directed by**: Toshio Matsumoto
**Written by**: Toshio Matsumoto
**Starring**: Katsuo Nakamura, Juro Kara, Yasuko Sanjo, Masao Imafuku, Kappei Matsumoto, Tamotsu Tamura

> *This world is a sea of blood.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A snowy village, long ago. Footsteps in the dark. A disgraced samurai seeks vengeance, haunted by betrayal. Flashbacks merge with waking nightmares. Matsumoto's work shares a kinship with Jodorowsky’s mystical phase.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, dread, surreal

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