Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness

This article is about the film. For the Wiccan chant, see Eko Eko Azarak.
Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness
Directed byShimako Sato
Screenplay byJunki Takegami[1]
Story byShinichi Koga
Based onEko Eko Azarak
by Shinichi Koga
Produced by
  • Yoshinori Chiba
  • Shun'ichi Kobayashi
Starring
CinematographyShoei Sudo[2]
Music byMikiya Katakura[2]
Production
companies
  • Gaga Communications
  • Tsuburaya Eizo Co.[3]
Release date
  • April 8, 1995 (1995-04-08) (Japan)
Running time
82 minutes[2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness (エコエコアザラク -WIZARD OF DARKNESS-) is a 1995 Japanese horror film directed by Shimako Sato. The film is based on the manga Eko Eko Azarak, and stars Kimika Yoshino as a transfer student to a new school, who is secretly a witch travelling from school to school in order to dispel the work of the devil.

The film was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1995. The film was followed by two sequels, starting with Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard in 1996.

  1. ^ Kalat 2007, p. 271.
  2. ^ a b c Kalat 2007, p. 272.
  3. ^ Klady, Leonard (October 23, 1995). "Review: 'Wizard of Darkness'". Variety. Retrieved October 25, 2015.