Curse of the Dog God

Deep in the Japanese mountains. Autumn wind. A dead dog. Three young geologists hit something unspeakable with their jeep. Now the villagers whisper, the shadows lengthen, and a primordial curse takes hold. Ito's pinku violence films knew how to shock.

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Shunya Ito directed Curse of the Dog God in 1977. See Shunya Ito's full filmography, where to start with Shunya Ito, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shunya Ito.

Curse of the Dog God was released in 1977 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 103 minutes.