Hiruko the Goblin
A disgraced archaeologist and a high schooler uncover what may be a gateway to hell beneath a local high school.
A film by Shinya Tsukamoto
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- Released
- 1991
- Genre
- Horror, Fantasy
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Audio
- Stereo
- Subtitles
- English
- Quality
- FHD
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
About the film
Following the success of his trailblazing independent cyberpunk debut, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Shinya Tsukamoto directed this wonderfully bizarre adaptation of Daijiro Morohoshi’s Yokai Hunter manga as his first studio project.
Called to an idyllic countryside town, disgraced archaeologist Professor Hieda (pop idol Kenji Sawada) teams up with high schooler Masao (Masaki Kudou) when a series of disappearances—including those of Masao’s father (Naoto Takenaka) and classmate crush Reiko (Megumi Ueno)—take place. Together, the unlikely duo discover that the local high school sits atop an ancient burial mound that may very well be a subterranean gateway to hell. Offering a raucous mashup of genres—ranging from campy adventure to Lovecraftian body horror—Hiruko the Goblin delivers pulse-pounding thrills with over-the-top visuals including stop-motion animation and practical effects that recall the early works of Sam Raimi and John Carpenter.
In Japanese, with English subtitles.
- Directed by
- Shinya Tsukamoto
- Studio
- Third Window Films
- Distributed by
- Third Window Films
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Inside the film
Cast & crew
- Shinya TsukamotoDirector, Writer
- Toshiaki NakazawaProducer
- Yasuhiro HasegawaProducer
- Shin YoneyamaProducer
- Masahiro KishimotoCinematographer
- Kenji SawadaActor · Professor Reijiro Hieda
- Masaki KudouActor · Masao Yabe
- Naoto TakenakaActor · Takashi Yabe
- Megumi UenoActor · Reiko Tsukishima
- Hideo MurotaActor · Watanabe
