# Inugami (2001)

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**Original title**: *狗神*
**Runtime**: 106 min
**Genres**: Horror, Romance, Thriller
**Directed by**: Masato Harada
**Written by**: Masato Harada, Masako Bando
**Starring**: Yuki Amami, Atsuro Watabe, Eugene Harada, Shiho Fujimura, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Kanako Fukaura

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

October evening. A narrow road hums under bicycle tires.

A Tokyo teacher steps into a papermaker’s house where folded cranes line the walls.

Once the first crow is found with its throat slit, the dog god barks.

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