# Wicked City (1987)

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**Original title**: *妖獣都市*
**Runtime**: 82 min
**Genres**: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
**Directed by**: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
**Written by**: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Norio Osada
**Starring**: Yusaku Yara, Toshiko Fujita, Ichiro Nagai, Takeshi Aono, Mari Yokoo, Tamio Ohki

> *For centuries a treaty has existed between the human world and the realm of the demons.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The neon rain slicks the demon port’s fire escapes. Taki’s revolver clicks empty once per exhalation. Maki’s shadow unspools into living ink at every turn.

Two cops guard a treaty courier whose pulse lures assassins from the Black World. The city stinks of sulfur and syrup. Their duty begins as distrust ends.

Kawajiri’s 1987 cyber-noir slices genres like cheap synth.

**Mood tags**: body-horror, neon-soaked, raw, unhinged

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