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Based on the manga by Saki Okuse, Twilight of the Dark Master is a brief--less than 45 minutes--feature that is long on static imagery but rather short on storytelling. Although the open...( read more  read more... )ing narration tells of the Great Mother creating demons and guardians, humans are transformed into demons through drugs and bioengineering onscreen. As he's celebrating his engagement, Eiji, a pharmaceutical researcher, metamorphoses into a monster resembling Ray Harryhausen's Cyclops in The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad. Eiji goes on a rampage until he's captured by the eerie brother-sister team of Chen and Huang Long, who take him to a sex club and feed him prostitutes. Eiji is part of an experiment conducted by Mr. Takamiya, the master demon. Opposing the forces of evil is Guardian and "fire manipulator" Tsunami Shijyo. Tsunami and Takamiya meet in a duel that ends before it really begins. Director Akiyuki Shimbo favors still images with the action occurring on the soundtrack, producing a striking but static feature that resembles a manga shot panel by panel, rather than a conventional animated film. Not rated ("for mature audiences"); suitable for ages 18 and up for nudity, violence, violence against women, suggestions of rape, and incest. --Charles Solomon

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Unrated, 50 min.

Directed by: Akiyuki Shinbo

Release Date: January 1, 1997

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DVD Release Date: June 12, 2001

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  • ceWEBrity
    January 25, 2007
    ceWEBrity
    An entertaining but really unimpressive horror anime movie. The ending feels really inconclusive, but it's decent nonetheless.
  • RashHunt
    June 23, 2006
    RashHunt
    I know the title is cool - don't worry, it fooled us all. It's pretty, it's short and it's crap.

    I'm not a manga fan and I'm certainly not into anime, but that doesn't begin to explain why this film is so bizzare in how bad it is.
  • mjsapitan
    March 10, 2009
    mjsapitan
    .........dan kokoro hikareteku!!!
  • nightwing49766
    February 27, 2009
    nightwing49766
    very good movie about vampire romance with a mortal human.
  • cristoffer03
    February 18, 2009
    cristoffer03
    d aqouh mxadong ngandahan...
  • joyouskiss
    September 26, 2007
    joyouskiss
    Dark and short anime. Supernaturally charged. I liked it.
  • galadriel316
    August 30, 2007
    galadriel316
    really was disappointing...
  • turnerd32
    August 21, 2007
    turnerd32
    i would like to see this one..
  • zombiebomb
    December 14, 2006
    zombiebomb
    Seems very interesting, I'd see it for sure.

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