The Inheritance

The Inheritance

1962 · 108 min · JA · PG · 7.3 (33 votes)
Dir. Masaki Kobayashi · Starring Keiko Kishi, Tatsuya Nakadai, So Yamamura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yūsuke Kawazu, Mari Yoshimura · Music Tōru Takemitsu
Drama

A dying businessman intends to will ¥200 million to his three illegitimate children, but his associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.

VIBE

A smoky, morally ambiguous world where fortunes shift and loyalties fray. This is a sharp, cynical drama about the lengths people go to for money, wrapped in classic, suspenseful storytelling.

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