Inn of Evil

Inn of Evil

★ 6.3IMDb Score
Released:1971-09-11
Duration:121 min
Country:Japan
Director:Masaki Kobayashi
Actors:Tatsuya Nakadai, Komaki Kurihara, Wakako Sakai, Kan'emon Nakamura, Shigeru Kōyama
Production:TOHO, Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company

Overview:

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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