Eko eko azaraku (1995)

Director:

Shimako Sato

Writers:

Shinichi Koga (story)
Junki Takegami (writer)

Release Date:

8 April 1995 (Japan)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Come, darkness and vicious spirits. Lucifer, let this cute girl be the empress of the universe...

Plot:

Misa Kuroi is an adorable high-school girl who arrives at her new school when it is falling under an evil supernatural force...

Plot Keywords:

School | Supernatural | Blood | Based On Comic | Teacher Student Sex

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Kimika Yoshino	...	Misa Kuroi
Miho Kanno	...	Mizuki Kurahashi
Shu-Ma	...	Kenichi Shindou
Naozumi Takahashi	...	Takayuki Mizuno
Ryôka Yuzuki	...	Kazumi Tanaka (as Kanori Kadomatsu)
Mio Takaki	...	Kyoko Shirai
Miki Shibata	...	Chie Watanabe
Juri Maezono	...	Yuka Ozawa
Tatsuki Hirabayashi	...	Yuta Ikeno
Yûta Okusawa	...	Nobuhiro Abe
Kaori Orihara	...	Reiko Matsumoto
Shuhei Minami	...	Kei Takada
Miho Tamura	...	Maki Yoshida
Takeshi Sudô	...	Kengo Kimura
Mika Hirayama	...	Kana Nakamura

Also Known As:

Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness (USA)
Wizard of Darkness

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:R | New Zealand:R18 | South Korea:18 | Germany:16

Company:

GAGA

Trivia:

Cernunnos and Aradia (from the chant) are gods revered by Wiccans and pagans. Cernunnos is the Horned God, while Aradia is the daughter of Diana who taught witchcraft to her worshipers.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Eko eko azaraku: R-page (2006)

Casts its spell on me

Based on the Shinichi Kogo comic. Mika (Kimika Yoshino) is a new student who hopes to protect 12 other students from being killed by a Satanic cult. At first glance the film would seem to be your basic supernatural hack & slash. To an extant I feel that it is, but the film plays with such style it's rather hard to fault it for lacking originality. Violence, blood, gore, a touch of nudity, a pretty good (if unoriginal) story, what more could a horror fan want? Oh and Ryoka Yuzuki, who plays Kuzumi has a pretty damn nice body

My Horror Grade: B+

DVD Extras: Making of; Interviews with the director, Shimako Sato, and star, Kimika Yoshino; Film Premeire footage (a meager 10 seconds!); Theatrical trailer; Trailers for "Eko Eko Azurak 3: Mika the Dark Angel", "Kunoichi Lady Ninja", "Pyrokinesis" and "Versus"