Cute Devil

Aug 10, 1982

1h 33m

★ 7.0

Overview

While Ryoko is in Vienna studying music, her boyfriend dies in a traffic accident. Ryoko believes that she has psychic powers which killed him, and when she returns to Japan she is sent to a mental hospital. While recovering, her brother-in-law, Kouji, decides to look after her, and she goes to his house to act as a governess for Kouji's sister Keiko's daughter, Alice – who Ryoko becomes increasingly sure had something to do with her sister Fuyuko’s death.

Genres

Drama

Fantasy

Horror

Production Companies

Tsuburaya Productions

Nippon Television Network Corporation

Cute Devil Trailers

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Cast

Ryoko Akimoto

Kumiko Akiyoshi

Koji

Hiroyuki Watanabe

Alice

Tina Kawamura

Keiko Kawamura

Miyoko Akaza

Detective

Makoto Satō

Villa Keeper

Shin Kishida

Youth

Ranbô Minami

Koji's Colleague

Asei Kobayashi

Doctor

Toru Minegishi

Teacher

Aoi Nakajima

Koji's Colleague

Risa Akikawa

Ryoko's Older Sister

Izumi Asuka

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