Horror of the Wolf
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Directed by | Masashi Matsumoto |
Screenplay by | Jun Fukuda Shirō Ishimori Masashi Matsumoto |
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Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Horror of the Wolf (Japanese: 狼の紋章, Hepburn: Ōkami no monshō, lit. 'Crest of the Wolf') is a 1973 Japanese horror film directed by Masashi Matsumoto and produced by Toho.[2][3] Based on the manga series Wolf Guy, the film's screenplay was co-written by Matsumoto with Jun Fukuda and Shirō Ishimori.[2] It stars Taro Shigaki as Akira Inugami, a young man who transforms into a werewolf by night. He develops a romance with a teacher while opposing a gang leader whose father, a member of the yakuza, murdered Akira's parents years before.
Cast[]
- Taro Shigaki as Akira Inugami / Wolf Guy
- Yōko Ichiji as Akiko Aoshika (as Masako Aki)
- Michiko Honda as Noriko Kimura
- Yūsaku Matsuda as Dō Haguro
- Toshitaka Itō as Rikiya Kuroda
- Toshio Kurosawa as Akira Jin
- Sayoko Katō as Ryūko Konuma
- Masanobu Sawai as Ōka
- Masao Imanishi as Principal Ōnuki
- Kōichi Hayashi as Vice Principal Morizuka
References[]
- ^ Karg, Barb (2009). The Girl's Guide to Werewolves: All You Need to Know about the Original Untamed Bad Boys. Adams Media. ISBN 978-1440502217.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 291. ISBN 978-0810860049.
- ^ 日本映画テレビ監督全集 [Complete Works of Japanese Film and Television Directors] (in Japanese). 1988. p. 390.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1973 films
- Japanese-language films
- Japanese horror films
- Japanese films
- 1973 horror films
- Werewolves in film
- 1970s Japanese film stubs