# L'Été du démon (1978)

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**Original title**: *鬼畜*
**Runtime**: 110 min
**Genres**: Drama, Crime
**Directed by**: Yoshitarō Nomura
**Written by**: Masato Ide, Seicho Matsumoto
**Starring**: Ken Ogata, Shima Iwashita, Mayumi Ogawa, Hiroki Iwase, Miyuki Yoshizawa, Jun Ishii

> *They'd be better off with strangers.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You live with your wife and children in a tense household, but your life changes when your lover abandons her kids with you. The film leaves him struggling.

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