Crime ·Drama · Japan · 1971 · 2h 1m

Inn of Evil

いのちぼうにふろう

Inn of Evil poster
Director
Masaki Kobayashi
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai as Sadashichi Komaki Kurihara as Omitsu Wakako Sakai as Okiwa Shigeru Kōyama as Officer Kanedo Kei Satō as Yohei Ichirō Nakatani as Officer Okajima (uncredited)
Crew
Kōzō Okazaki — Director of Photography Hisashi Sagara — Editor Toru Takemitsu — Original Music Composer Yasuko Miyazaki — Screenplay Shūgorō Yamamoto — Novel Hideyuki Shiino — Producer
Synopsis

In feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world is strictly prohibited, an idealist appears at an isolated inn, headquarters of smugglers with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one forced to work in a brothel.

Trailer Inn of Evil — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookstolen moneyinnedo periodfeudal japan
Key Collaborators
Masaki Kobayashi Director Kōzō Okazaki Director of Photography Hisashi Sagara Editor Toru Takemitsu Original Music Composer Yasuko Miyazaki Screenplay Shūgorō Yamamoto Novel Hideyuki Shiino Producer Gin'ichi Kishimoto Producer Masayuki Satō Producer Yoshio Ueno Costume Design
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