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Japan
- Program Title: Hiruko the Goblin
- EASC Code: JH-21
- Series Title:
- Region/Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Subject: Science Fiction
- Program Type: Feature
- Media Type:
- Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
- Producer:
- Release Date: 2005
- Running Time: 88 min.
- Color or BW: Color
- Program Abstract: A school has been built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He decapitates students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Eventually it falls to an archeology professor at the school to investigate the gory deaths and discover some way to stop this demonic onslaught.
- Data Entry Date: 7/30/2007