1975·Crime·1h 26m
7.0
★
Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers.
Directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
drug addiction
yakuza
murder
reporter
werewolf
doctor
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Cast
Sonny Chiba
Akira Inugami
Kyōsuke Machida
Kato
Etsuko Nami
Miki Ogata
Kumi Taguchi
Katie Aoki
Yayoi Watanabe
Taka Inugami
Rikiya Yasuoka
Hanamura
Harumi Sone
Arai
Hiroshi Nawa
Keiichi Manabe
Hideo Murota
Sanuki
Saburo Date
Tsukada
Jirô Chiba
Nakao
Kōji Fujiyama
Seizo
Crew
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Director
Popular Reviews
22 reviews
Brendon
3.0★ · 10/08/24
I got to borrow this Blu-Ray from a friend and despite me not caring for it, I can't not say it wasn't an interesting experience. He also let me borrow Woman in the Dunes so that's a plus.The first fourth minutes of Wolf Guy are fucking amazing in how it delivers its stakes and introudicng interesting dilemmas for our characters. The female lead is well written and our main man is great. The cinematography proved itself to be great throughout and it did feel like there was love put into it but the last half of this movie tanks any interesting elements and eventually fucks off and abandons it's main plot for like 25 minutes. It's so distracting and takes you so out of the movie that you don't know if you can pick up and continue. Apart of this could be that, for me at least, I thought the mystery elements where the best parts and kept me very engaged but when that's over, there was nothing for me to attach onto and it inherently made this film leas interesting. The action didn't help anything much either. I would say I'm disappointed, but it did ruin a great setup.
I got to borrow this Blu-Ray from a friend and despite me not caring for it, I can't not say it wasn't an interesting experience. He also let me borrow Woman in the Dunes so that's a plus.The first fourth minutes of Wolf Guy are fucking amazing in how it delivers its stakes and introudicng interesting dilemmas for our characters. The female lead is well written and our main man is great. The cinematography proved itself to be great throughout and it did feel like there was love put into it but the last half of this movie tanks any interesting elements and eventually fucks off and abandons it's main plot for like 25 minutes. It's so distracting and takes you so out of the movie that you don't know if you can pick up and continue. Apart of this could be that, for me at least, I thought the mystery elements where the best parts and kept me very engaged but when that's over, there was nothing for me to attach onto and it inherently made this film leas interesting. The action didn't help anything much either. I would say I'm disappointed, but it did ruin a great setup.
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Ghost
8.0★ · 04/25/26
You know what I never thought about using coins to kill people
You know what I never thought about using coins to kill people
PolePRO
6.0★ · 04/12/26
W Japan for having excessive and unneeded nudity in every film
W Japan for having excessive and unneeded nudity in every film
sadie mcrae
4.7★ · 07/03/25
i need a tiger girl spin off
i need a tiger girl spin off
Matt LunePRO
7.0★ · 06/18/24
When I was a teenager, there used to be a show on Channel 5 called 'Out There', which was a wild sort of late night clip show. It had a very 2000's feel to it, with a 'sexy' host called EVE who introduced all manner of clips from movies, TV shows and the internet. Mostly it was clips of absurdly graphic violence and ludicrous gore, soft core porn and general trash that seemed to fuel Channel 5 back then.
Despite it being absolute garbage, it was genuinely formative for me. It exposed me to martial arts movies of the 70s and 80s like Lone Wolf and Cub, horror-comedy gore-fests, and instilled within me a fascination and love for grindhouse and sleaze that I'm still exploring today through the likes of Shudder and Joe Bob Briggs.
In fact, I'm still seeking that feeling. Those late 90's/early 00's nights sat up after my family have gone to bed, catching a random sleazy horror movie on a high numbered channel with no lights on but the glow of the TV. Aren't we all? Good times.
Anyway, Wolf Guy definitely captures that feeling for me. It's a buck-wild mid-70's Japanese grindhouse spectacular that doesn't quite know if it's a noir detective story, a werewolf horror movie, a sex-fuelled revenge thriller, or all of the above. No, scratch that. It's not that it doesn't know. I think it just doesn't care!
It doesn't always make sense, and it's the only werewolf movie I've ever seen where the guy doesn't ever transform into a werewolf! (Apparently there were budgetary restraints). But it whizzes along at a decent clip, throwing in as much blood and boobs as it can along the way. If only I'd been watching this at 3am on my mom's living room floor, that really would have really set the scene.
Despite it being absolute garbage, it was genuinely formative for me. It exposed me to martial arts movies of the 70s and 80s like Lone Wolf and Cub, horror-comedy gore-fests, and instilled within me a fascination and love for grindhouse and sleaze that I'm still exploring today through the likes of Shudder and Joe Bob Briggs.
In fact, I'm still seeking that feeling. Those late 90's/early 00's nights sat up after my family have gone to bed, catching a random sleazy horror movie on a high numbered channel with no lights on but the glow of the TV. Aren't we all? Good times.
Anyway, Wolf Guy definitely captures that feeling for me. It's a buck-wild mid-70's Japanese grindhouse spectacular that doesn't quite know if it's a noir detective story, a werewolf horror movie, a sex-fuelled revenge thriller, or all of the above. No, scratch that. It's not that it doesn't know. I think it just doesn't care!
It doesn't always make sense, and it's the only werewolf movie I've ever seen where the guy doesn't ever transform into a werewolf! (Apparently there were budgetary restraints). But it whizzes along at a decent clip, throwing in as much blood and boobs as it can along the way. If only I'd been watching this at 3am on my mom's living room floor, that really would have really set the scene.
When I was a teenager, there used to be a show on Channel 5 called 'Out There', which was a wild sort of late night clip show. It had a very 2000's feel to it, with a 'sexy' host called EVE who introduced all manner of clips from movies, TV shows and the internet. Mostly it was clips of absurdly graphic violence and ludicrous gore, soft core porn and general trash that seemed to fuel Channel 5 back then.
Despite it being absolute garbage, it was genuinely formative for me. It exposed me to martial arts movies of the 70s and 80s like Lone Wolf and Cub, horror-comedy gore-fests, and instilled within me a fascination and love for grindhouse and sleaze that I'm still exploring today through the likes of Shudder and Joe Bob Briggs.
In fact, I'm still seeking that feeling. Those late 90's/early 00's nights sat up after my family have gone to bed, catching a random sleazy horror movie on a high numbered channel with no lights on but the glow of the TV. Aren't we all? Good times.
Anyway, Wolf Guy definitely captures that feeling for me. It's a buck-wild mid-70's Japanese grindhouse spectacular that doesn't quite know if it's a noir detective story, a werewolf horror movie, a sex-fuelled revenge thriller, or all of the above. No, scratch that. It's not that it doesn't know. I think it just doesn't care!
It doesn't always make sense, and it's the only werewolf movie I've ever seen where the guy doesn't ever transform into a werewolf! (Apparently there were budgetary restraints). But it whizzes along at a decent clip, throwing in as much blood and boobs as it can along the way. If only I'd been watching this at 3am on my mom's living room floor, that really would have really set the scene.
Despite it being absolute garbage, it was genuinely formative for me. It exposed me to martial arts movies of the 70s and 80s like Lone Wolf and Cub, horror-comedy gore-fests, and instilled within me a fascination and love for grindhouse and sleaze that I'm still exploring today through the likes of Shudder and Joe Bob Briggs.
In fact, I'm still seeking that feeling. Those late 90's/early 00's nights sat up after my family have gone to bed, catching a random sleazy horror movie on a high numbered channel with no lights on but the glow of the TV. Aren't we all? Good times.
Anyway, Wolf Guy definitely captures that feeling for me. It's a buck-wild mid-70's Japanese grindhouse spectacular that doesn't quite know if it's a noir detective story, a werewolf horror movie, a sex-fuelled revenge thriller, or all of the above. No, scratch that. It's not that it doesn't know. I think it just doesn't care!
It doesn't always make sense, and it's the only werewolf movie I've ever seen where the guy doesn't ever transform into a werewolf! (Apparently there were budgetary restraints). But it whizzes along at a decent clip, throwing in as much blood and boobs as it can along the way. If only I'd been watching this at 3am on my mom's living room floor, that really would have really set the scene.