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Wicked City is a 1987 Japanese OVA dark fantasy action horror film produced by Video Art and Madhouse for Japan Home Video. Based on Black Guard, the first in a series of six novels of the same name by Hideyuki Kikuchi, the film is the solo directorial debut of Yoshiaki Kawajiri, who also served as the screenwriter, character designer, storyboard artist, animation director and a key animator.
Original Release
04/19/1987
US Release
08/20/1993
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yusaku Yara | Renzaburo Taki |
Arisa Ando | Prostitute / Soap Girl |
Asami Mukaidono | Temptress |
Ichiro Nagai | Giuseppe Mayart / Guiseppe Maiyart |
Kôji Totani | Jin |
Mari Yoko | Kanako / Spider Woman / Spider Woman (voice) |
Takeshi Aono | Shadow / Mr. Shadow |
Tamio Oki | Hotelier / Hotel owner |
Toshiko Fujita | Makie |
Yasuo Muramatsu | President / Company President |
Directors
Writers
Hideyuki Kikuchi, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Norio Osada
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yusaku Yara | Renzaburo Taki |
Arisa Ando | Prostitute / Soap Girl |
Asami Mukaidono | Temptress |
Ichiro Nagai | Giuseppe Mayart / Guiseppe Maiyart |
Kôji Totani | Jin |
Mari Yoko | Kanako / Spider Woman / Spider Woman (voice) |
Takeshi Aono | Shadow / Mr. Shadow |
Tamio Oki | Hotelier / Hotel owner |
Toshiko Fujita | Makie |
Yasuo Muramatsu | President / Company President |
Douglas Blackwell | Healer (UK dub) |
John Dantona | Monk (USA dub) |
Adam Henderson | Joe / Monk |
Carl Macek | Demon 2 (USA dub) |
Kerrigan Mahan | Jin (USA dub) |
Edward Mannix | Healer (USA dub) |
Michael McConnohie | Demon 1 (USA dub) |
Bob Sessions | Male Coworker / Narrator (UK dub) |
Joyce Kurtz | Hooker (USA dub) |
Pamela Merrick | Female Coworker / Hooker (UK dub) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Laurence Guinness | Executive Producer |
Kosuke Kuri | Executive Producer |
Tadao Masumizu | Executive Producer |
Kenji Kurata | Producer |
Carl Macek | Producer |
Makoto Seya | Producer |
Brady Hartel | Producer |
John Ledford | Producer |