The 2001 film "Inugami" is beautiful and haunting Japanese horror fantasy about a ancient family curse concerning wild dog deities. The movie is based around three main characters; Miki, a spinster who makes paper in the old traditional fashion, her brother Takano, a drunk and cheating husband who runs the large family, and Akira, a new school teacher in a near by village who falls in love with Miki. The plot is full of deep dark family secrets, Japanese mythology, romantic tension, and twists. The filming and production values are extremely high, and I loved how the final climatic scenes were shot in black and white for an heightened effect.
Without revealing too much, the story is set in modern day Japan in a tiny village, right before the Bonomiya family is set to celebrate their 900th family anniversary. On the day that Akira first comes to the village and meets Miki, strange occurrences begin to affect the villagers starting with weird nightmares and increasing to brutal deaths that are quickly blamed upon the Inugami. Slowly the secrets about the Bonomiya family are revealed, including those concerning Miki and Tokano. Upon the day of the Ancestral Rites, Tokano decides to offer Miki as a sacrifice to appease the Dog Gods....
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