Demeking (1998)

Director: Shinji Imaoka

When he is hit by a car on the street, the young man Daikoku foresees the monster Demking appearing at the end of the century. In preparation for the coming confrontation with the Demeking, he organizes a modern-day Seven Lucky Gods composed entirely of antisocial people. This is a utopian epic that, despite the ridiculousness of the story, is the most powerful depiction of the motifs seen in the first two films, which attempt to play on the sense of apocalypse through unrealistic imagination, while staying within a tenuous sense of reality.

Cast

Takuji Suzuki

Masato Daikoku

Yoko Chosokabe

Benko

Yumeka Sasaki

Nankyoku

Takeshi Itō

Takeshi

Yohta Kawase

Ebisu

Yumika Hayashi

Woman in miniskirt

Hiroshi Sato

Man with gun

Tomohiro Okada

Kotobuki

Chiho Yoshida

Hotel call girl

Tadashi Naitô

Shamo