Horror of the Wolf

This article is about the 1973 film. For the manga series on which the film is based, see Wolf Guy.

Horror of the Wolf (Japanese: 狼の紋章, Hepburn: Ōkami no monshō, lit. 'Crest of the Wolf') is a 1973 Japanese horror film directed by Masashi Matsumoto and produced by Toho.^[2][3] Based on the manga series Wolf Guy, the film's screenplay was co-written by Matsumoto with Jun Fukuda and Shirō Ishimori.^[2] It stars Taro Shigaki as Akira Inugami, a young man who transforms into a werewolf by night. He develops a romance with a teacher while opposing a gang leader whose father, a member of the yakuza, murdered Akira's parents years before.

Horror of the Wolf
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	狼の紋章
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Ōkami no monshō
Directed by	Masashi Matsumoto
Screenplay by	Jun Fukuda Shirō Ishimori Masashi Matsumoto
Starring	Taro Shigaki[1] Yōko Ichiji Michiko Honda Yūsaku Matsuda
Production company	Toho
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	1 September 1973 (1973-09-01) (Japan)[2]
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Taro Shigaki as Akira Inugami / Wolf Guy
• Yōko Ichiji as Akiko Aoshika (as Masako Aki)
• Michiko Honda as Noriko Kimura
• Yūsaku Matsuda as Dō Haguro
• Toshitaka Itō as Rikiya Kuroda
• Toshio Kurosawa as Akira Jin
• Sayoko Katō as Ryūko Konuma
• Masanobu Sawai as Ōka
• Masao Imanishi as Principal Ōnuki
• Kōichi Hayashi as Vice Principal Morizuka

References

1. Karg, Barb (2009). The Girl's Guide to Werewolves: All You Need to Know about the Original Untamed Bad Boys. Adams Media. ISBN 978-1440502217.
2. Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 291. ISBN 978-0810860049.
3. 日本映画テレビ監督全集 [Complete Works of Japanese Film and Television Directors] (in Japanese). 1988. p. 390.

External links

• Horror of the Wolf at IMDb