The Inugamis

is a 1976 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. The film is the first in Kon Ichikawa's and Kōji Ishizaka's Kindaichi Series. Ichikawa remade the film in 2006 as The Inugamis. The soundtrack is composed by Yuji Ohno. Murders take place within the very rich Inugami family in connection with a disputed will. Cast Kōji Ishizaka as Kosuke Kindaichi Yoko Shimada as Tamayo Nonomiya Teruhiko Aoi as Sukekiyo Inugami / Shizuma Aonuma Mieko Takamine as Matsuko Inugami Mitsuko Kusabue as Umeko Inugami Ryoko Sakaguchi as Haru Takeo Chii as Suketake Inugami Akiji Kobayashi as Kôkichi Inugami Kyōko Kishida as The Koto Player Hideji Ōtaki as Oyama Eitaro Ozawa as Kyozo Furudate Takeshi Katō as Detective Tachibana Rentarō Mikuni as Sahei Inugami Awards and nominations