The Devil's Ballad

The Devil's Ballad
Theatrical poster
Directed byKon Ichikawa
Written bySeishi Yokomizo
StarringKoji Ishizaka, Keiko Kishi, Akiko Nishina, Koji Kita
CinematographyKiyoshi Hasegawa
Music byKunihiko Murai
Production
company
Release date
  • 1977 (1977)
Running time
144 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Devil's Ballad (魔の手毬唄) also known as Lullaby to Kill and The Devil's Bouncing Ball Song is a 1977 film directed by Kon Ichikawa.[2]

The films follows detective Kindaichi after he arrives in "Devil's Skull village" to investigate an old murder case.[3]

References

  1. ^ Ontario, Cinematheque (2001-05-24). Quandt, James (ed.). Kon Ichikawa. Vol. 4 of Cinémathèque Ontario monographs: Cinémathèque Ontario. Toronto: Indiana University Press. p. 434. ISBN 978-0-9682969-3-6.
  2. ^ Ontario, Cinematheque (2001-05-24). Kon Ichikawa. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-9682969-3-6.
  3. ^ Ichikawa, Kon (1977-04-02), Akuma no temari-uta (Crime, Drama, Mystery), Kôji Ishizaka, Keiko Kishi, Akiko Nishina, Toho, retrieved 2025-08-20