Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness
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| Directed by | Shimako Sato |
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| Screenplay by | Junki Takegami |
| Story by | Shinichi Koga |
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Eko Eko Azarak by Shinichi Koga |
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| Music by | Mikiya Katakura |
| Cinematography | Shoei Sudo |
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| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness is a 1995 Japanese horror film directed by Shimako Sato. The film is based on the manga Eko Eko Azarak, and stars Kimika Yoshino as a transfer student to a new school, who is secretly a witch travelling from school to school in order to dispel the work of the devil.
The film was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1995. The film was followed by two sequels, starting with Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard in 1996.
A mysterious cabal of red-garbed magicians have been murdering inhabitants of an unnamed Japanese city. Their latest victim is a woman who is decapitated while the magicians perform a ritual with a voodoo doll. The object of the murders to provide the five grographical points of a giant pentagram, with a high school in the nexus. The magicians' ultimate aim is to summon Lucifer himself.
Misa Kuroi, a transfer student at the school, is a witch of considerable power and has come to battle the evil magicians. However, Misa has some difficulty getting classmates to trust her.
Shimako Sato, the director of Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness, had previously filmed Tale of a Vampire (1992) in the United Kingdom. She returned to Japan with the desire to make a film about witchcraft and magic. She recalled the manga series Eko Eko Azarak from the 1970s, and began adapting it for cinema.
The film was shot in two weeks, and featured the cinematic debut of Kimika Yoshino. Yoshino received her script a day before shooting had started and before she had even met the director. .
Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness was released in Japan on April 8, 1995. It was shown at the Toronto Film Festival in September 1995.
A DVD of the film was released by Tokyo Shock on December 16, 2003. The disc included footage of the films premiere, the trailer, and interviews with the director and Kimika Yoshino.
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