- Country: Japan
- Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Release: 1979-06-22
- Director: Yoshitaro Nomura
- Writers: Masato Ide , Seicho Matsumoto
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Shima Iwashita , Ken Ogata , Hiroki Iwase , Miyuki Yoshizawa , Jun Ishii , Eimei Esumi , Jun Hamamura , Yoshie Hinoki , Yukio Horikita , Takanobu Hozumi
- Runtime: 110 min
- Awards: 9 wins & 3 nominations
- AKA: The Demon (Italy) , Демон , The Demon (United States of America) , Dämon (Austria) , El demonio (Spain) , Kichiku , 鬼畜 (Japan) , L'été du démon (France, French Republic)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0202434
The Demon Cast · · · ALL
Yoshitaro Nomura
Director
Shima Iwashita
Oume, Sokichi's wife
Ken Ogata
Sokichi Takeshita
Mayumi Ogawa
Kikuyo, Sokichi's lover
Hiroki Iwase
Riichi, Sokichi and Kikuyo's 1st son
Jun Hamamura
Welfare Official
Keizo Kanie
Akutsu, Sôkichi's colleague
Yoshi Katō
Doctor
Mizuho Suzuki
Detective
Noboru Mitani
Train Ticket Inspector
Seiichi Suzuki
Detective
Kunie Tanaka
Policeman
Hatsuo Yamaya
Hideji Ôtaki
Kimura, Bank Clerk
Shinobu Otake
Policewoman
Takanobu Hozumi
Mizuguchi
Eimei Esumi
Yukio Horikita
Hirokazu Inoue
Norio Matsui
Yasukiyo Umeno