- HD 1080
- Runtime: 110m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Yoshitaro Nomura
- Stars: Shima Iwashita, Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Hiroki Iwase, Miyuki Yoshizawa
- keywords: child abuse, greed, angry, aggressive, dreary, dramatic, complicated, disheartening, tragic
- Production_studio: Shochiku
- Slogan: They'd be better off with strangers.
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The The Demon is featured in the top rankings of 1978
- #52 in Top Drama Movies of 1978
When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children with Sokichi - and his very surprised and angry wife Oume - and disappears.