---
title: 'The Inugamis (1976)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kon Ichikawa'
released: '1976-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 146
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-inugamis-1976'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074691/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Inugamis (1976)

1976 · 146 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 犬神家の一族

## Synopsis

The Inugami Family  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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kon Ichikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kon-ichikawa)
- **Screenplay:** [Kon Ichikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kon-ichikawa), [Norio Osada](https://cinepixo.com/people/norio-osada), [Shin'ya Hidaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/shin-ya-hidaka)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Yūji Ōno](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuji-ono)
- **Producer:** [Kiichi Ichikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiichi-ichikawa)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kiyoshi Hasegawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiyoshi-hasegawa-2)
- **Editor:** [Chizuko Osada](https://cinepixo.com/people/chizuko-osada)

## Cast

- [Kyōko Kishida](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyoko-kishida)
- [Eitarō Ozawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/eitaro-ozawa)
- [Mieko Takamine](https://cinepixo.com/people/mieko-takamine) as Matsuko Inugami
- [Akira Kawaguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kawaguchi)
- [Yōko Shimada](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoko-shimada) as Tamayo Nonomiya
- [Kōji Ishizaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/koji-ishizaka) as Kōsuke Kindaichi
- [Rentarō Mikuni](https://cinepixo.com/people/rentaro-mikuni)
- [Teruhiko Aoi](https://cinepixo.com/people/teruhiko-aoi) as Sukekiyo Inugami

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