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5.9/10   137 votes
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Writers:
Shinichi Koga (story)
Shimako Sato (writer)
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Release Date:
20 April 1996 (Japan) more
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Plot:
Kimika Yoshino returns in this prequel to 'Wizard of Darkness' to play Misa Kuroi before she was famous... more | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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For fans of melancholic Japanese school girls more (5 total)

Cast

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Kimika Yoshino ... Misa Kuroi
Wataru Shihodo ... Saiga
Chieko Shiratori ... Shoko Takanashi
Akira Otani ... Takanashi
Eisei Amamoto ... Master of Saiga
Akira Saito ... Dr. Okawa
Takashi Mihashi ... Katsuya Terada
Makoto Fujieda ... Chiharu Kimura
Tamio Ishikura ... Professor Kaji
Miho Fukuya ... Kyoko Nanatsuki
Yasushi Higuchi ... Policeman #1
Takumi Yuda ... Policeman #2
Koichi Chiba ... Young Man with Bicycle
Tomoshi Nakagawa ... Man in the Park
Erika Suzuki ... Young Misa
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Also Known As:
Birth of the Wizard (Japan) (alternative title)
Wizard of Darkness II
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83 min
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4 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
For fans of melancholic Japanese school girls, 26 January 1999
Author: Alex Smits from Seattle, WA

Somewhat of a letdown after the exceptional "Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard Of Darkness", but if you like the genre, it's still worth checking out. Our favorite high school witch, Misa Kuroi, is being pursued by a nasty demon who keeps jumping from one host body to the next (like "The Hidden"). She is forcefully protected by a mysterious stranger (like Kyle Reese in "The Terminator"), and together the two of them find love and courage, and face the demon. As a sci-fi/horror film it's rather plodding and unremarkable, but what it does succeed at is creating an interesting character study of the melancholic plight of Japanese teenage girls. The entire film just looks and feels like shojo manga. Tragically beautiful Kimika Yoshino has matured as both an actress and a woman, and seems more confident in her abilities and more convincing in her role as Misa. The movie shares the same high production values and gory special effects as the first film, but without the sexual content.

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