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Curse (1977)

Genre : Horror

Runtime : 1H 43M

Director : Shunya Ito
Writer : Shunya Ito

Synopsis

In a rural village with a poorly understood but long standing curse from the Dog God, outsiders from a major Tokyo mining corporation scouting for uranium destroy a small shrine and crush a dog under their jeep wheels. After one of the mining company employees marries the daughter of a prominent member of the village, the Dog God’s wrath boils over and people start to die. The village girl and mining company employee start a new life in Tokyo, but the Dog God possesses her and she is deemed mentally ill. The couple returns to the village to perform an exorcism, but it is unsuccessful. As the body count accumulates, the cause of and remedy for the curse becomes more opaque.

Actors

Shin'ya Ohwada
Shin'ya Ohwada
Ryuji Kano
Emiko Yamauchi
Emiko Yamauchi
Kaori Tarumi
Masami Hasegawa
Masami Hasegawa
Mako Kenmochi
Jun Izumi
Jun Izumi
Reiko Kano
Noboru Mitani
Noboru Mitani
Shinya Ono
Shinya Ono
Nishioka
Kayoko Shiraishi
Kayoko Shiraishi
Koji Miemachi
Koji Miemachi
Nobuo Kawai
Nobuo Kawai
Kajiyama
Nenji Kobayashi
Nenji Kobayashi
Gôzô Sôma
Gôzô Sôma
Tanabe
Takeshige Hatanaka
Takeshige Hatanaka
Yasui
Takashi Itô
Takashi Itô
Shinichi Kenmochi
Genji Kawai
Genji Kawai
Mizuho Suzuki
Mizuho Suzuki
Gozo Kenmochi
Hideo Murota
Hideo Murota
Ryusaku Tarumi
Kyōko Kishida
Kyōko Kishida
Kimiyo Tarumi
Akiko Koyama
Akiko Koyama
Sachi Kenmochi
Junya Kato
Junya Kato
Isamu Tarumizu

Crews

Shunya Ito
Shunya Ito
Director
Shunya Ito
Shunya Ito
Screenplay
Hanjirô Nakazawa
Hanjirô Nakazawa
Director of Photography
Tadayuki Komatsu
Tadayuki Komatsu
Sound Recordist
Yoshio Kobayashi
Yoshio Kobayashi
Lighting Technician
Tadayuki Kuwana
Tadayuki Kuwana
Art Direction
Shunsuke Kikuchi
Shunsuke Kikuchi
Original Music Composer
Takeo Toda
Takeo Toda
Editor
Shôkaku Baba
Shôkaku Baba
Assistant Director

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