Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- lurid
- disturbing
- visceral
- late night cult viewing
- adult anime marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The supernatural conflict is repeatedly expressed through graphic sexual violence, nudity, and monstrous erotic transformation.
The Overfiend is identified as a world-remaking being whom multiple worlds attempt to locate and control.
The plot explicitly centers on three universes whose boundaries are ripped apart around Earth.
Monstrous birth, bloodshed, sexual assault, and supernatural physical transformation drive the film’s imagery.
Films like Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend, and why
Wicked City
adult animated horror, graphic sexual violence, supernatural apocalypse, and transgressive cult sensibility
Demon City Shinjuku
erotic horror animation, demonic creatures, intense violence, and boundary-pushing late-1980s anime aesthetics
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
mature supernatural anime combining grotesque body imagery, sexual menace, and catastrophic fantasy conflict
Movie Details
- Director
- Hideki Takayama
- Release Date
- 1989-03-18
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (123)
Cast
- Tomohiro Nishimura
- Maya Okamoto
- Hirotaka Suzuoki
- Yoko Asagami
- Tsutomu Kashiwakura
- Kenyu Horiuchi
- Norio Wakamoto
- Nobuo Tobita
- Koichi Yamadera
- Kyounosuke Hiruma
Common questions
- What is Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend about?
- A transgressive adult anime unleashes a world-remaking demon amid grotesque sexual horror and supernatural warfare across three collapsing universes.
- What is Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend as graphic.
- Which films are like Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend?
- Films with a similar feel include Wicked City, Demon City Shinjuku, and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.
- How long is Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend?
- Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend runs 105 minutes.
