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Urufu Gai: Moero Okami-Otoko

Wolf Guy

Japan 1975
produced by
Toei
directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
starring Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Nami, Kani Kobayashi, Yayoi Watanabe, Harumi Sone, Hiroshi Kondo, Saburo Date, Koji Fujiyama, Rikiya Yasuoka, Kyosuke Machida, Hiroshi Nawa, Hideo Murota, Tooru Hanada, Ryuji Hayami, Jiro Ibuki, Haruki Jo, Kenji Kawai, Koji Miemachi, Yoshio Neshima, Teruo Shimizu, Akemi Sone, Ryo Suga, Kumi Taguchi, Toshimichi Takahashi, Tadashi Takatsuki, Kinji Takinami
screenplay by Fumio Konami, based on the manga Urufu Gai by Kazumasa Hirai, music by Hiroshi Baba, stunts by Japan Action Club

review by
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After a guy dies in pretty much the arms of reporter Inugami (Sonny Chiba) being ripped to shreds by a tiger - but without a tiger present or any kind of assailant, Inugami decides to investigate, and he finds out that the deceased was the member of a band, and all but one of the members have died the same way. So he tracks down the last member of the band and finds out that man and his bandmates had gangraped up-and-coming singer Miki, and one of them had given her syphilis - and the "tiger attacks" are believed to be her curse. Thing is, Inugami eventually tracks down Miki and finds her in a sorry state, the syphilis is driving her mad while she has become a cheap stripper addicted to heroin. Something touches him about Miki's story, so he wants to help her but soon runs foul of the local yakuza, then a convert gouvernment organisation who want to turn both Miki and Inugami into killing machines. Because Miki's curse is real, she can channel her rage into something along the lines of an invisible tiger, maiming its victims without leaving a trace itself. And Inugami? He's actually the last of a race of wolf-people, some human-lupine hybrid (though it can't be cross-bred with either race) who have the sharp instincts of wolves and are invincible every full moon. Thing is, Inugami doesn't want to work for the organisation, and thus is experimented upon. But the next full moon he escapes and returns to his hometown - or what's left of it after the massacre that annihilated his race. But once he arrives, he's greeted with anything but open arms ...

 

Wolf Guy is a rather wonderful piece of Japanese madness, it tells a rather odd and far-fetched story in an over-the-top way, with plenty of action and violence and a bit of sex along the way, and doesn't give much thought to things like realism or the like ... which is exactly what makes this film quite so exhilarating. And the fact that the movie's very stylishly directed and features an extremely cool jazzy and funky score only adds to its quality. Sure, on very close inspection, the film is less than well-structured, and sometimes belief is actually suspended beyond breaking point - but then it also moves very swiftly as to not give too much weight to moments like these.

Basically, rather a hoot of a movie as one can expect only from Japan!

 

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