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The Demon Within (1985) · 餓鬼魂

Name: The Demon Within
Director: Masayoshi Sukita
Genre: Fantástico, Misterio, Monsters
Released: 1985
Duration: 54 min
Cast: Kazuyo Matsui, Kyōzō Nagatsuka, Ichirō Ogura, Yousuke Saito

Original title: 餓鬼魂

1985 · Masayoshi Sukita · 54 min · Japan · Edited by 1

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A journalist becomes possessed by a gakidama, a spirit of the dead. Unknown to the man, a demon is now incubating in his stomach, and a mysterious stranger seem to know what afflicts him.

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Spanish: Gakidama
Italian: Demon Within
Korean: 가키다마

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The Demon Within (1985) · 餓鬼魂

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