INUGAMI

The J-Horror boom of the 2000s delivered one of its most stunning and mercurial works with 2001’s INUGAMI, a horror-mystery dripping in unspeakable dread. Schoolteacher Akira (Atsuro Watabe, LOVE EXPOSURE) has recently moved to a rural village in Shikoku and fallen for Miki, a local papermaker. When a string of mysterious deaths spurs on fears of the Inugami, a cursed dog god linked to Miki’s family, the pair are forced to uncover the truth behind the evil lurking in their midst. Combining pastoral ambience with folk horror slow-burn tension, INUGAMI is a gripping drama and a powerful exploration into the terrible cost of communal fear.