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Darkside Blues
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Darkside Blues

1994-10-08 · 83 min · ★ 5.5

Animation · Horror · Mystery · Science Fiction

The Persona Century Corporation has purchased nearly every parcel of land on earth. Dissension is not tolerated within the corporation's borders and those who oppose Persona are dealt with swiftly. Of those few places not yet under Persona's control is the free town of Kabuki-cho, also known as "The Dark Side of Tokyo". Within the town, under the leadership of a woman named Mai, is a small resistance group called Messiah. Into this world steps a man who takes the sobriquet of Kabuki-cho: Darkside. Sealed up in another dimension eighteen years ago by Persona Century, Darkside now returns to aid Messiah using his unique mystic power of renewal.

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Directors
Yoriyasu Kogawa
Production companies
Encore Action, Akita Shoten, J.C.STAFF, TOHO
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Akio OtsukaAkio OtsukaKenzou (voice)
Hideyuki HoriHideyuki HoriGren (voice)
Koichi YamaderaKoichi YamaderaEnji (voice)
Kotono MitsuishiKotono MitsuishiMai (voice)
Masako KatsukiMasako KatsukiTamaki (voice)
Maya OkamotoMaya OkamotoSelia (voice)
Nozomu SasakiNozomu SasakiKatari (voice)
Shin-ichiro MikiShin-ichiro MikiChris (voice)
Yasunori MatsumotoYasunori MatsumotoTatsuya (voice)
Natsuki SakanDarkside (voice)

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