Curse of the Dog God (1977) on Netflix
Three young scientists hunt a uranium source on sacred mountain ground in a Japanese village. After their car strikes a dog, the villagers call the Dog God's curse down on them.
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Plot summary
A trio of young scientists investigate a source of uranium at the base of a sacred mountain, and after running over a dog, find themselves cursed by the locals.
Cast
- Kôji Miemachi
- Nobuo Kawaias Kajiyama
- Takeshige Hatanakaas Yasui
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Curse of the Dog God (1977)
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- Toei announced at a press conference that a real dog's head had been cut off with a sword for the film, calling the rite one recorded in an Edo-period book; the Japan Animal Welfare Association protested on 8 March 1977, and two days later animal welfare groups stormed Toei's Tokyo studio.
- Hasegawa Masami, who plays Kenmochi Mako, won her part through an audition of 2,000 people, while Izumi Jun was hand-picked by director Ito Toshiya.
- Shimizu Takashi's 2020 film Inunaki-mura, also distributed by Toei, is noted for reusing the Toei logo as it appeared when Inugami no Tatari opened and for putting its title inside a tunnel, and Shimizu speaks well of the 1977 film.
