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Wolf Guy

Original title: Urufu gai: Moero ôkami-otoko
  • 19751975
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
959
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POPULARITY
46,523
4,029
Wolf Guy (1975)
ActionHorror
A man with a special power attempts to help a cursed woman.A man with a special power attempts to help a cursed woman.A man with a special power attempts to help a cursed woman.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
959
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
46,523
4,029
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
    • Writers
      • Kazumasa Hirai(manga series "Urufu gai")
      • Fumio Kônami(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Shin'ichi Chiba
      • Kyôsuke Machida
      • Yuriko Azuma
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
    • Writers
      • Kazumasa Hirai(manga series "Urufu gai")
      • Fumio Kônami(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Shin'ichi Chiba
      • Kyôsuke Machida
      • Yuriko Azuma
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    • 8User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
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    Shin'ichi Chiba
    Shin'ichi Chiba
    • Akira Inugami
    • (as Sonny Chiba)
    Kyôsuke Machida
    Kyôsuke Machida
    • Kato
    Yuriko Azuma
    Saburô Date
    Saburô Date
    • Tsukada
    Kôji Fujiyama
    Kôji Fujiyama
    • Seizo
    Tooru Hanada
    • Inoue
    Takeshige Hatanaka
    • Tsukada Member
    Ryuji Hayami
    • Junichi Fukunaka
    Jiro Ibuki
    • Nakao
    Keiko Itô
    Fukunosuke Izumi
    Naoko Izumi
    Haruki Jô
    • Yoshikawa
    • (as Haruki Jo)
    Osamu Kaneda
    Osamu Kaneda
    • Hit Man
    Shunsuke Kariya
    • Ishiguro
    Genji Kawai
    • Chief Investigator
    Osamu Kimura
    Yoshio Kirishima
    • Director
      • Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
    • Writers
      • Kazumasa Hirai(manga series "Urufu gai")
      • Fumio Kônami(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      This Toei-produced film is an unofficial follow-up to the Toho-produced film, Horror of the Wolf (1973), which in turn is based on the "Wolf Guy" novel/manga by writer Kazumasa Hirai. Akira Inugami is played this time by Shin'ichi Chiba.
    • Quotes

      Akira Inugami: There is a nastier pathogen than syphilis. It's the one they call hatred of humans. I had clearly caught that infection from Miki.

    • Connections
      Featured in Kazuhiko Yamaguchi: Movies with Guts (2017)

    User reviews8

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    Top review
    7/10
    Japanese Action Werewolf
    Sonny Chiba plays the only survivor of a clan of werewolves who relies on his feral, full-moon-activated superpowers to solve mysterious crimes. One night, a bizarre and bloody death in the Tokyo streets plunges him into a far-reaching conspiracy populated by crooked politicians, naked women, an invisible phantom tiger, and a shadowy organization known as the J-CIA.

    Steve Kopian writes, "If you look up WTF in the dictionary, one of the top five definitions will be this film." He is not wrong. While this may not be one of he five most bizarre movies out there, it certainly makes every attempt. And if "weird" isn't your thing, there are also copious explosions and a great deal of gun play and squibs in the later scenes, evincing a definite Sam Peckinpah influence. So, there's that.

    As author Bryan Senn points out, even though the title is "Wolf Guy", one of the strange things is that Chiba never actually becomes a wolf at all. He has his strength fluctuate based on the lunar cycle, and at its peak he can deflect bullets or even reverse the effects of being disemboweled. But at no point does he howl or even grow the slightest bit of hair.

    If one person can be blamed for this bizarre mash-up, it must be writer Fumio Kônami (1933–2012). By this point in his career, he had already made a name for himself with "Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion" (1972) and "New Battles Without Honor and Humanity" (1974), both of which are available in the United States thank to Arrow Video. Director Kazuhiko Yamaguchi's first impression upon being given the story was actually, "Is this worth making a movie out of?" Luckily someone said yes.

    On top of all the awesome visuals, there is an unbelievably funky score that I need to have. As noted in other reviews, it would be great is Arrow (and others) would more frequently add a bonus music disc to their Blu releases. We need more love for the soundtracks, too.

    For decades the film was presumed lost, and remains tragically little known. Thankfully, Arrow Video has brought it out of the depths and on to Blu-ray. They also give us new video interviews with actor Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba (14 minutes), director Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (10 minutes), and producer Toru Yoshida (17 minutes).
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    • May 18, 2017

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 5, 1975 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Wolfguy: Enraged Lycanthrope
    • Production company
      • Toei Tokyo
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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