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title: 'Akuma no temari-uta (1977)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kon Ichikawa'
released: '1977-04-02'
runtime_minutes: 144
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/akuma-no-temari-uta-1977'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075650/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Akuma no temari-uta (1977)

1977 · 144 min · Japan

Original title: 悪魔の手毬唄

## Synopsis

The Devil's Ballad  also known as Lullaby to Kill and The Devil's Bouncing Ball Song, is a 1977 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kon Ichikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kon-ichikawa)
- **Producer:** [Kon Ichikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kon-ichikawa), [Osamu Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/osamu-tanaka-2)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Kunihiko Murai](https://cinepixo.com/people/kunihiko-murai)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kiyoshi Hasegawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiyoshi-hasegawa-2)
- **Editor:** [Nobuo Ogawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/nobuo-ogawa), [Chizuko Osada](https://cinepixo.com/people/chizuko-osada)

## Cast

- [Tomisaburō Wakayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomisaburo-wakayama)
- [Kōji Kita](https://cinepixo.com/people/koji-kita)
- [Akiko Nishina](https://cinepixo.com/people/akiko-nishina)
- [Keiko Kishi](https://cinepixo.com/people/keiko-kishi) as Rika Aoike
- [Kōji Ishizaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/koji-ishizaka) as Kōsuke Kindaichi

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