The Inugamis (2006) (2006)

The Inugamis is a Japanese movie directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is a remake of his 1976 film of the same name. It was screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival on October 29, 2006 and was released by Toho and Kadokawa Pictures in Japan on December 16, 2006.

In the movie, a wealthy business tycoon named Sahei Inugami (Tatsuya Nakadai) dies and mysteriously leaves his entire family fortune to a stranger named Tamayo (Nanako Matsushima), requiring only that she marry any one of his three grandsons.

This puts the grandsons in question; Sukekiyo (Kikunosuke Onoe), Suketake (Shingo Katsurayama), and Suketomo (Mansaku Ikeuchi) at odds with each other and triggers a blood feud. Soon, members of the family start dying under mysterious circumstances and detective Kosuke Kindaichi (Koji Ishizaki) begins an intense investigation that leads him ever closer to exposing the Inugami’s shocking secret.

Movie info

Original title

犬神家の一族

Transliterated title

Inugami-ke no ichizoku

Release date

October 29, 2006