year: 1975
runtime: 86′
director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
cast: Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Nami,
Kani Kobayashi, Yayoi Watanabe
writer: Kazumasa Hirai
cinematography: Yoshio Nakajima
music: Hiroshi Baba
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Hard-nosed reporter who never does any reporting Inugami (Sonny Chiba) just happens to be the last of a tribe of werewolves, making him not a ravening beast at the night (and day) of the full moon, but giving him an old-school Wolverine-like self-healing ability as well as superhuman strength and agility on these nights. One non-full moon night, Inugami stumbles over a panicked man running through the city streets screaming something about a tiger and a girl named Miki. Before you can say “Very peculiar, Watson”, an invisible force rips the guy to shreds.
That – and the vision of a tiger – is certainly bizarre enough to get Inugami interested. With the help of his journalist colleague and friend Arai, the reporter soon discovers that the victim was once part of a rock band known as the Mobs, four charming guys who raped a singer named Miki Ogata (Nami Etsuko?). They didn’t only do the deed for kicks, but also because their yakuza-controlled management asked them to, to “teach Miki a lesson”.
