
Vengeance Is Mine(1979)
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.


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.

Tatsuya Nakadai
Sadashichi

Komaki Kurihara
Omitsu

Wakako Sakai
Okiwa

Shigeru Kōyama
Officer Kanedo

Kei Satō
Yohei

Ichirō Nakatani
Officer Okajima (uncredited)

Yōsuke Kondō
Masaji

Shin Kishida
Genzô

Hatsuo Yamaya
Bunta

Masao Mishima
Funayado Tokubei
Inn of Evil is a crime, drama film released in 1971 exploring themes of based on novel or book, stolen money, inn, edo period, feudal japan. Directed by Masaki Kobayashi, it stars Tatsuya Nakadai, Komaki Kurihara, Wakako Sakai. 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.
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