God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand

2006 film by Shūsuke Kaneko

July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14)

Running time

94 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand (神の左手　悪魔の右手, Kami no Hidarite, Akuma no Migite) is a 2006 Japanese horror film directed by Shūsuke Kaneko, based upon Kazuo Umezu's ultra-violent/horror manga Kami no Hidarite, Akuma no Migite.^[1]^[2] The film released on July 14, 2006, at the Fantasia Film Festival.^[3] It stars Asuka Shibuya, Ai Maeda, Saaya Irie and Reon Kadena.

Synopsis

So (Tsubasa Kobayashi) is a six-year-old boy capable of seeing horrific images of other people's evil acts. This ability ends up putting him in a coma after one episode leaves him with huge bloody wounds. Sou is able to communicate with his sister Izumi (Asuka Shibuya) through a broken cell phone and he pleads with her to find the killer, as he knows that the person won't stop on their own.

Cast

Asuka Shibuya as Izumi Yamabe
Tsubasa Kobayashi as So Yamabe
Ai Maeda as Yoshiko Tani
Momoko Shimizu as Momo
Saaya as Ayu

References

^ "Official website for Shûsuke Kaneko's GOD'S LEFT HAND, DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND (KAMI NO HIDARITE AKUMA N". Twitch Film. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
^ "Movie Based on Kazuo Umezu Manga". ANN. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
^ "God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand". Fantasia Festival. Retrieved 8 January 2014.

External links

God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand at IMDb
God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand at AllMovie

Films directed by Shusuke Kaneko

Kōichirō Uno's Wet and Swinging (1984)
Minna Agechau (1985)
Last Cabaret (1988)
Summer Vacation 1999 (1988)
Who Do I Choose? (1989)
Hong Kong Paradise (1990)
My Soul Is Slashed (1991)
No Worries on the Recruit Front (1991)
Graduation Journey: I Came from Japan (1993)
Necronomicon (1993)
It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994)
Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995)
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
School Ghost Stories 3 (1997)
Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris (1999)
Pyrokinesis (2000)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005)
Death Note (2006)
Death Note: The Last Name (2006)
God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand (2006)
Pride (2009)
Messiah (2011)
Danger Dolls (2014)

v t e Works of Kazuo Umezu
Manga	Reptilia (1965) Cat Eyed Boy (1967–1976) Orochi (1969–1970) The Drifting Classroom (1972–1974) Makoto-chan (1976–1981) Heisei-ban Makoto-chan (1988–1989) My Name Is Shingo (1982–1986) Fourteen (1990–1995)
Adaptations	The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (film, 1968) Drifting School (film, 1995) The Long Love Letter (TV series, 2002) Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater (film series, 2005) God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand (film, 2006) Tamami: The Baby's Curse (film, 2008)
Other	Mother (film, 2014)