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The Inheritance

7.319621h 48mPGMovieDrama

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

DirectorMasaki Kobayashi
WriterKoichi Inagaki
ProducersMasaki Kobayashi·Shigeru Wakatsuki

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Criterion ChannelCriterion Channel
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Cast · Directed by Masaki Kobayashi

KKKeiko Kishi
Keiko Kishi
Yasuko Miyagawa
TNTatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai
Kikuo Furukawa
SYSo Yamamura
So Yamamura
Senzô
SMSeiji Miyaguchi
Seiji Miyaguchi
Yoshida
YKYūsuke Kawazu
Yūsuke Kawazu
Sadao
MYMari Yoshimura
Mari Yoshimura
Mari (Mariko) Kamio
MCMinoru Chiaki
Minoru Chiaki
Junichi Fujii
MWMisako Watanabe
Misako Watanabe
Kawara's wife Rie
OTOsamu Takizawa
Osamu Takizawa
Kyoichiro Kurayama
KMKōji Mitsui
Kōji Mitsui
TATōru Abe
Tōru Abe
Detective A
JHJun Hamamura
Jun Hamamura
Kamio

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The Inheritance is streaming on Criterion Channel in United States. It's not currently on Netflix.

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