Third day of lunar cycle
Help me!
Out of my way!
Move!
Out of the way I said!
Hey.
A tiger! Help me! - What are you doing? -
Help me!
A tiger!
He turned into a tiger!
Tell me what happened?
A tiger...tiger!
Tell me about the tiger. Who are you talking about?
Miki...
Miki's cursed us! All of us!
Miki?
A tiger!
Help me!
That night...
...it was starting to smack of...
...the kind of blood-drenched crimes that only humans are capable of.
Wolfguy Enraged Lycanthrope
Original story: Kazumasa Hirai Screenplay: Fumio Konami
Staring
Shinichi Chiba
Etsuko Nami / Kani Kobayashi / Yayoi Watanabe
Akemi Sone / Hiroshi Kondo / Saburo Date Koji Fujiyama / Rikiya Yasuoka
Joya Sato / Toru Hanada / Shunsuke Kariya / Ryuji Hayami / Jiro Ibuki / Kinji Takinami / Kenji Kawai
Kozo Soma / Chu Takatsuki / Hiroshi Kaneda Toshimichi Takahashi / Teruo Shimizu
Sakae Yamaura / Yoshio Neshima / Koji Sawada Haruki Jo / Ryo Suga / Koji Miemachi
Kyosuke Machida / Hiroshi Nawa / Hideo Murota
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Hey, you have to cooperate with us.
You're a magnet for trouble.
The man died in your arms.
That makes you...
...a suspect.
Say something, you son of a bitch!
The coroner's report is in.
A spectral slasher?
It seems to be the only explanation.
It can't be right.
It's simply not possible for a human being to butcher a man...
...so thoroughly in such a short period of time.
In any event, we have to cut him loose.
Hey, hotshot.
It seems like you always end up involved in some shit or other.
We're like a couple of jackals in this business.
But you're the one who's always sniffing around for fresh blood.
This might be a real scoop though.
Nothing of interest to someone covering the celebrity beat.
This story is going to be a grisly one.
So you don't know anything yet?
The guy who died in your arms was Kiyosuke Hanamaru.
He was a member of a rock band called Mobs that broke up quite some time ago.
He was backed by Manabe Productions.
He was always humping his groupies...
...and shooting himself full of drugs. Typical showbiz scumbag.
Probably a lot of people wanted him dead.
Probably so.
Did he say anything before he died?
He said a tiger was trying to kill him.
A tiger?
Yeah...
....he said Miki turned into a tiger.
They all thought a tiger was after them.
The coroner concluded the wounds were consistent with the claw marks of an animal.
They?
Three other members of the band died the same way.
Yoshikawa was the first, he was ripped apart in his apartment.
He died instantly. His girlfriend lost her mind.
The second, Nakao, also died ...
...instantly.
He was burnt black as coal.
Any other members.
Yes...
Just one, Hiruma.
Drink...
Give me a drink, just one.
I will,...
...but first you have to tell me what kind of a woman Miki was.
Miki Ogata was...
... an upcoming singer.
We gang raped her.
I bet there's more to it than that.
Someone...it wasn't me...
...but one of us gave her...
... syphilis.
What happened to Miki?
She was a mess.
She got hooked on junk.
Even then she didn't quit singing.
You don't think Miki...
...is the one behind this curse?
It's not possible, is it? It's not.
They were accidents, coincidences.
They said to fuck her and I did it.
Miki...
...understood that.
Who told you to rape her?
Tell me.
Wolf, I don't know who those guys are, but…
They're after him not us.
You catch on quick.
Hand over the drunk
I can't do that.
Don't be a hero.
You better go home before you get hurt.
Who the fuck do you think you're talking to?
Get out of here! Run!
Shit...
You son of a bitch!
Come back here!
Surprised?
I knew you were a girl from the start.
You've got sharp animal instincts.
You smell like an animal too.
Give it to me! You're not human. You're not human.
I'm more interested in who you are.
This is moving a little too fast.
We'll talk later. For now, I'm just a woman who wants...
...a man who's an animal.
Miki's photo and CV.
The gang was ordered to rape Miki by Manabe Productions.
An order straight from company President Keisuke Manabe himself.
The president?
She apparently had an attitude problem.
Given their unsavory reputation it doesn't come as much of a surprise.
That said,...
...if he went to all the trouble of making her a star, why would he destroy her?
There has to be something else.
That's all I could find.
Did something happen, Arai.
When I was investigating,...
I had a run in with those yakuza.
They're probably on Manabe Production's payroll.
They're the Tsukada gang.
The most notoriously bloodthirsty mafia gang in the area.
Inugami!
They'll kill you, too.
I don't care about the Tsukada gang or Manabe Productions.
I'm going to see this through to the end.
Oh, and tell me where Miki is.
You know that much, don't you?
She...
...works at a string of...
... two-bit strip joints.
Watch your back.
Take it off!
That's the stuff!
A woman's claws are the claws of a tiger.
In this dark jungle of a world.
A woman's scorn swirls like a storm.
The flower of blood opens in a deep red.
Who summoned the tiger's claws?
Take it off! What are you doing?
Rip and tear, rip and tear, rip and tear.
My fate is to die insane.
Who the hell are you?
You're Miki, aren't you?
I have something to ask you.
Money. I need money.
You have to give me money! I'll do anything.
You can do anything to me.
Hurry up!
I'll tell you anything you want, just give me some money!
Thanks.
It's that whore again.
That tramp.
You're not welcome here, you bitch! Come with me!
The junk.
The junk...
Give me...the heroin
Give me the stuff!
Hurry!
Get away from me.
I don't want to catch syphilis!
Please...
Please, give it to me.
I thought you told us you would give us a heads up if anyone came sniffing around.
I brought him here. He's here.
In the front of the building. - The front? -
Give her a jolt.
You came just in time.
I've got something to show you.
When reporters get too ambitious...
...and start poking their noses...
...where they don't belong, that's what happens.
What a dope.
If you had behaved yourself, you might have lived another two or three hours.
It's the tiger!
The tiger!
Look...
...this is Miki's curse.
Maybe you'll be next. Or you! Or you!
A woman's claws are the claws of a tiger
In this dark jungle of a world.
A woman's scorn swirls like a storm.
The flower of blood opens in a deep red
Who summoned the tiger's claws?
Rip and tear, rip and tear, rip and tear.
My fate is to die insane.
Arai...Arai...wake up.
Arai...Arai.
Miki is...
...the victim...
...in all of this.
Miki made a promising debut as a singer around two years ago.
She fell in love with the son of a prominent politician...
...in the Conservative Party, Yoshiyuki Fukunaka.
She would have had it made marrying him...
but when the young man's father found out about the romance, he was furious.
With a Cabinet reshuffle in the works...
Fukunaka had planned to strategically marry off his son...
...to cement his political power.
Unable to dissuade his son from his relationship with Miki...
Fukunaka went to Manabe Productions for help.
Manabe productions got the band Mobs to agree to take care of the problem.
Photos of the incident were sent to Fukunaka's son.
Discovering that Miki was now syphilitic, Fukunaka's son, Junichi, gave up on her.
He subsequently married the daughter of a major corporate executive.
Broken in body and in spirit...
Miki tried to take her own life.
Die Mobs
Who are you?
You were having a bad dream.
It was...
...an unpleasant dream.
Something that happened a long time ago.
Mobs?
Life is strange.
When I thought I wanted to die...
I became pure again.
Why are you being kind to me?
You just want information.
No, I actually want to save you.
Save me.
From the way I am now?
I'm rotten to the core and dead inside.
You're talking like a fool.
If you get treatment, you can cure your syphilis.
Your drug addiction too.
If you don't have the money, Manabe Productions will pay.
How are you going to get the money from Manabe?
You got balls.
Balls.
Well yeah, actually I'm a news reporter.
Stories this juicy don't fall on my lap all that often.
Thanks to you, this one did.
President Manabe won't budge an inch.
I can't...
...let him get away...
...with it... the man pulling Manabe's strings.
Pulling his strings...
...is there someone else?
You'll find out soon enough.
It doesn't matter anymore.
Why don't you just give up and go home?
Can you fuck me...
... knowing that I have syphilis?
You can't do it, so stop being so sweet to me.
When I needed help the most, no one was there for me.
On the contrary, fairly close friends...
... in the music business...
...treated me like a leper.
I want my old life back!
Come back, I want you back!
It's contagious.
You'll be infected.
Stop.
It's useless.
I can't feel anything anymore.
If you want my trust...
...just stay with me.
Love me...
...so that I can feel alive again.
I was just joking!
Don't look so surprised!
I'm sorry.
You're a good man.
I like you.
Go home!
Now!
The last...
...Inugami.
The last wolf.
Humans have all but extinguished...
...our lupine race.
Our future is in your hands.
On the 15th day of every lunar cycle...
...the full moon...
...you'll become…
Eighth day of lunar cycle
I couldn't just turn my back on her.
It wasn't just the syphilis...
...it was an even more virulent strain...
...the hatred of humanity.
What? A tiger's claws?
It sounds like a dream.
Find that guy who disappeared from the scene.
He's got Arai's notebook.
I think it's me you're looking for.
I figured you wanted to see me.
You're right, I have Arai's notes.
You're transgressions, the big shots pulling your strings.
it's all up here.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
You'll admit to everything.
There's no proof about what happened to Miki.
The members of Mobs are all dead.
I imagine you heard how they died.
Hiruma was ripped apart by a tiger.
Nonsense, it was a hallucination
Two of them...
...were ripped apart before my very eyes.
What are you trying to say?
The question is why a tiger?
The tiger was almost certainly a curse from Miki.
Think of it as her ghost.
The Mobs members were shredded to pieces.
The Tsukata gang saw it happen. They went apeshit and ran away.
So what of it?
You're next on the list.
The tiger is on your trail.
Long time no see.
What are you going to do with me?
You're a very important man to us.
Just relax and leave everything to us.
Cabinet Information Department Conference Room
I take it you read the report.
If it's accurate...
...that man will certainly prove useful.
We are going to look into...
...exactly how useful he's likely to be.
I'll let you handle that.
And one other thing...
Miki Ogata, the girl that the wolfman is involved with.
For now...
...I'm more interested in her.
I agree...
...completely...
Science hasn't advance far enough to prove it, but the facts speak for...
...themselves.
Scorn is powerful enough to kill.
By the way...
Miss Ogata was jilted by Mr. Fukunaka's son.
It goes without saying that Mr. Fukunaka set the whole thing up.
I assume...
...you understand...
...the difficult position the prime minister is in.
Miki...
...stand up.
The one who arranged to have you raped...
...to be infected with syphilis...
and to end your relationship with the son of the prominent politician...
...Fukunaka was the president of Manabe Productions, Keiichi Manabe
Keiichi Manabe.
It is only appropriate that you channel your rage to him.
To Manabe.
Channel your rage to Manabe.
What do you think?
Those jackals.
Using Miki as a weapon of death like that.
Miki is completely under our control.
I hope we can count on your cooperation too.
We'll pay whatever you ask.
We're also prepared to satisfy any requests you might have.
What's in store for Miki?
You're just going to keep using her rage to kill people until she finally dies herself?
What gives you the right to do that?
I'll ask one more time...
...will you cooperate?
Let Miki go.
I see...
...an impasse in negotiations
I think sooner or later...
...you'll be volunteering your help.
This is experiment #1.
What do you think, Mr. Inugami?
How does it feel to have your body sliced into?
Why don't you just give in and work for us?
Of course...
...if you join with us, we'll cut you a generous deal.
Go ahead...
...and mull it over, there's no rush.
Fifteenth day of lunar cycle
Katie!
I love you.
It's you...
That's right.
The transfusion of your blood made me a werewolf too.
Now I have the edge I need to exterminate you.
You've uncovered state secrets and can't be allowed to live.
You think you can kill me?
I'm a virtual duplicate of you.
With the playing field leveled...
I'll kill you without breaking a sweat.
The mixing wolf blood with human...
...had resulted in sepsis.
This offered...
...concrete proof that human and wolf blood were indeed....
...not compatible.
Many people had died.
Even Miki seemed fated to die from her own curse.
It was all too hideous...
...too sad.
Now, I only wanted to escape from....
...human society
In keeping with my wolf instincts...
...I returned to my distant hometown.
You can't get away.
We'll get more money for you than for a bear hide.
I don't know what you done...
...but there's a price on your head.
We can mount him on the wall.
We're in fat city. - Put in a call to Tokyo. -
He's our ticket to the good life.
Have a drink.
Who are you?
I'm on your side.
Jump!
They're heading for the mountains!
You go on ahead.
Don't move a muscle.
Put the gun down real easy like and lay down on your belly.
If you don't, I'll kill her.
Those people are...
...the children of the murderers who...
...killed your entire family 30 years ago.
You were...
...the only survivor of the massacre...
..and...
...the last remaining member of the Inugami bloodline.
How do you know this?
I'm from the same village.
My name is Taka.
Taka?
Yes.
It was your mother's name.
My mother was the only one who understood the power of the Inugami clan.
She loved their kind and gentle disposition.
That's why I was named after your mother.
She told me...
...before she died...
...that there was just one member of the clan left alive.
Now...
I've finally met you.
You must be very tired.
My...
...body will give...
...you comfort.
Then...
...you can sleep.
It's strange...
...like being reborn.
Taka...
It was as if I was just born...
...from your body..
You're my mother.
And you're also my wife.
The wife...
...of an Inugami.
Your woman.
For the first time in my life...
I was able to concentrate my lupine powers.
...now that I had someone to I needed to protect.
Tomorrow would be the 15 day of the lunar cycle...
...the full moon
It will be a fearsome day for anyone...
...seeking to harm me.
Look out!
Stay here.
Darling!
Are you all right?
Inugami...
...left you...
...for another woman.
Your rage...
...will kill...
...Inugami.
You will kill Inugami now.
You will kill Inugami.
I love you.
I loved you.
But now I hate you.
Both of you.
I'll kill you.
I'll kill you!
Taka!