Horror of the Wolf (1973)

Original title

狼の紋章

Directed by

Masashi Matsumoto

Genre

horror film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 18m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man turns into a werewolf at night. He falls in love with a teacher and fights a gang leader whose yakuza father killed his parents.

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What happens

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. Based on the manga series Wolf Guy, the film's screenplay was co-written by Matsumoto with Jun Fukuda and Shirō Ishimori. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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