---
title: 'Wicked City (1987)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yoshiaki Kawajiri'
released: '1987-04-19'
runtime_minutes: 82
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/wicked-city-1987'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098692/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Wicked City (1987)

1987 · 82 min · Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Crime · Japan

Original title: 妖獣都市

## Synopsis

Wicked City  is a 1987 Japanese adult animated neo-noir action gothic horror film produced by Video Art and Madhouse for Japan Home Video. Based on Black Guard, the first novel of the Wicked City series by Hideyuki Kikuchi, the film is the solo directorial debut of Yoshiaki Kawajiri, who also served as the character designer, storyboard artist, animation director and a key animator.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yoshiaki Kawajiri](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshiaki-kawajiri)
- **Screenplay:** [Yoshiaki Kawajiri](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshiaki-kawajiri)

## Cast

- [Ichirō Nagai](https://cinepixo.com/people/ichiro-nagai)
- [Mike Reynolds](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-reynolds)
- [David Povall](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-povall)
- [Arisa Andō](https://cinepixo.com/people/arisa-ando)
- [Jeff Winkless](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-winkless)
- [Kōji Totani](https://cinepixo.com/people/koji-totani)
- [Takeshi Aono](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-aono)
- [Joyce Kurtz](https://cinepixo.com/people/joyce-kurtz)
- [Michael McConnohie](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-mcconnohie)
- [Masato Hirano](https://cinepixo.com/people/masato-hirano)
- [Yasuo Muramatsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasuo-muramatsu)
- [Toshiko Fujita](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiko-fujita)
- [Ikuya Sawaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/ikuya-sawaki)
- [Edie Mirman](https://cinepixo.com/people/edie-mirman)
- [Melora Harte](https://cinepixo.com/people/melora-harte)

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