The Inugamis (2006)

Profile

• Movie: The Inugamis / Murder of the Inugami Clan
• Romaji: Inugamike no ichizoku
• Japanese: 犬神家の一族
• Director: Kon Ichikawa
• Assistant Director: Toshimasa Miyamura
• Writer: Kon Ichikawa, Shinya Hidaka
• Producer: Kazutomo Emoto, Satoshi Fukushima, Takashige Ichise, Kunikatsu Kondo, Kazuo Kuroi
• Cinematographer: Yukio Isohata
• Release Date: December 16, 2006
• Runtime: 135min.
• Production Company: TBS
• Distributor: Toho
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

When tycoon Inugami Sahei (Tatsuya Nakadai) passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo (Matsushima Nanako, Ring) on the condition that she marry one of the Inugami grandsons – Sukekiyo (Kikunosuke Onoe), Suketake (Shingo Katsurayama), or Suketomo (Mansaku Ikeuchi) – pitting blood against blood. Soon afterwards, members of the family begin to show up dead, one by one. Detective Kindaichi Kosuke (Koji Ishizaka) is called in to investigate the murders, and the truth is slowly revealed as he happens upon years of hidden skeletons and a shocking family secret.