| The Inugami Family | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Inugami-ke no Ichizoku (犬神家の一族) | |
| Directed by | Kon Ichikawa |
| Written by | Norio Nagata Shinya Hidaka Kon Ichikawa |
| Based on | The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo |
| Starring | Kōji Ishizaka |
| Music by | Yuji Ohno |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Inugami Family (犬神家の一族, Inugami-ke no Ichizoku) is a 1976 Japanese mystery film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is based on the novel The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo. The film is the first in Kon Ichikawa's and Kōji Ishizaka's Kindaichi Series. The soundtrack is composed by Yuji Ohno. Ichikawa remade the film in 2006 as The Inugamis.
Murders take place within the very rich Inugami family in connection with a disputed will.
Cast
- Kōji Ishizaka as Kosuke Kindaichi
- Yoko Shimada as Tamayo Nonomiya
- Teruhiko Aoi as Sukekiyo Inugami / Shizuma Aonuma
- Mieko Takamine as Matsuko Inugami
- Mitsuko Kusabue as Umeko Inugami
- Ryoko Sakaguchi as Haru
- Takeo Chii as Suketake Inugami
- Akiji Kobayashi as Kôkichi Inugami
- Kyōko Kishida as The Koto Player
- Hideji Ōtaki as Oyama
- Eitaro Ozawa as Kyozo Furudate
- Takeshi Katō as Detective Tachibana
- Rentarō Mikuni as Sahei Inugami
Awards and nominations
1st Hochi Film Award
- Won: Best Film
19th Blue Ribbon Awards
- Won Best Supporting Actress Mieko Takamine
See also
- Queen Bee, the fourth film in Ichikawa and Ishizaka's Kindaichi series.
- Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie, the fifth film in the series.
References
- "石坂浩二 名探偵・金田一耕助の孤独を癒す場面作りたかった". ニュースポストセブン. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ^ "犬神家の一族石". kotobank. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
External links
| Films directed by Kon Ichikawa | |
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