The Inugami Family (1976)

Director
Kon Ichikawa

Main cast
Yoko Shimada; Teruhiko Aoi; Mieko Takamine; Mitsuko Kusabue; Miki Sanjo

Genres
Horror, Mystery

Description
When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.


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