The Inugami Family

The Inugami Family (犬神家の一族, Inugami-ke no Ichizoku) is a 1976 Japanese mystery film directed by Kon Ichikawa. The film is the first in Kon Ichikawa's and Kōji Ishizaka's Kindaichi Series. Ichikawa remade the film in 2006 as The Inugamis. The soundtrack is composed by Yuji Ohno.

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

References

External links

• The Inugami Family at IMDb

1. Inugami
2. The Inugami Curse
3. The Inugamis (2006 film)
4. Kon Ichikawa
5. Yuji Ohno
6. Yoko Shimada
7. Kosuke Kindaichi
8. Seishi Yokomizo
9. List of Toho films
10. Yuna Taira
11. Yoki Koto Kiku
12. Mission: Yozakura Family
13. Daichi Kaneko
14. Takeo Chii
15. Akiji Kobayashi
16. Kyushin-ryū
17. Kōji Ishizaka
18. Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie
19. Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!
20. Misako Renbutsu