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Inochi bô ni furô

Inochi bô ni furô

1971Movie⏱️ 2h 1m
CrimeDrama
7.2
IMDB Rating
2,151 votes

The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers to), the head-quarters of a group of smugg...

Director
Masaki Kobayashi
Writers
Yasuko Miyazaki, Shûgorô Yamamoto
Stars
Tatsuya Nakadai, Komaki Kurihara, Wakako Sakai
Release Date
September 11, 1971
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
🏆 6
Wins
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 9
Reviews
📋 2.1K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Sadashichi
Komaki Kurihara
Komaki Kurihara
as Omitsu
👤
Wakako Sakai
as Okiwa
Kan'emon Nakamura
Kan'emon Nakamura
as Ikuzô, the innkeeper
👤
Shigeru Kôyama
as Hacchôbori officer, Kaneko
Kei Satô
Kei Satô
as Yohei
👤
Kei Yamamoto
as Tomijirô
👤
Ichirô Nakatani
as Hacchôbori officer, Okajima
👤
Yôsuke Kondô
as Masaji
👤
Yûsuke Takita
as Kohei at Nadaya

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Japan
Production
Toho, Haiyuza

🏷️ Keywords

kobayashi and nakadaimoneyjapaninntokugawa shogunate

🎯 Categories

JapaneseCrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Lesser Kobayashi is still worth watching
by Jeremy_Urquhart2021-10-09
7/10

"Shintaro Katsu and Tatsuya Nakadai are without a doubt two of my favourite Japanese actors, to the point where I'm often happy to watch either of them in anything, so to see them both in the same movie, and have that movie be directed by Kobayashi, was a treat. That being said: this is pretty mid-tier Kobayashi, so it never quite reaches the heights of Harakiri, The Human Condition, Kwaidan, or even Samurai Rebellion. He was at his best in the late 50s and 60s, and Inn of Evil definitely feels like it was made about a decade before its actual year of release. But mid-tier Kobayashi stil..."

📖 Synopsis

The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers to), the head-quarters of a group of smugg...