Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend

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Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 105 min
Age rating: NC-17
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Violence: Mild
Frights: Strong

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
In Japanese — subtitles on.

The story

Legend has it that the human race is not the only dominant civilization living on Earth. Two other races exist in this world: the Makai (a demon race) and the Jujinkai (a half-man, half-beast race). Once every 3,000 years, a supreme being known as the Choujin (Overfiend) will emerge and bring balance to all three realms on Earth. In present-day Japan, after 300 years of endless searching, a Jujinkai named Amano Jyaku has discovered the presence of the Choujin inside high school slacker Tatsuo Nagumo. But now, Amano, along with his sister Megumi and their sidekick Kuroko, must protect Nagumo and his new girlfriend Akemi Ito from the Makai, who believe that Nagumo is not the Choujin, but an evil entity bent on destroying all living beings on Earth.