The Inheritance (1962 film)

The Inheritance
The Inheritance
	からみ合い
Directed by	Masaki Kobayashi
Written by	Koichi Inagaki
Screenplay by	Koichi Inagaki
Based on	The Inheritance; by Norio Nanjo
Produced by	Masaki Kobayashi, Toshio Shimizu and Shigeru Wakatsuki
Starring	Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiko Kishi
Cinematography	Takashi Kawamata
Release date	February 17, 1962 (Japan);
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Inheritance (Japanese: からみ合い) is a 1962 Japanese drama film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. The film was nominated for and won the 1964 BAFTA United Nations Award. ^[1]

Alexander Jacoby considered it to be an "uncharacteristically sardonic film, reminiscent of a Kon Ichikawa or Yasuzo Masumura satire, which exposed the purely commercial values of the selfish rich." ^[2]

Cast

Keiko Kishi as Yasuko
Tatsuya Nakadai as Kikuo Furukawa
So Yamamura as Senzo
Seiji Miyaguchi as Yoshida

References

^ "United Nations Award - for the best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter". Bafta. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
^ Jacoby, Alexander (10 February 2013). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-61172-531-5.

[1] "United Nations Award - for the best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter". Bafta. Retrieved 2025-08-14.

[2] Jacoby, Alexander (10 February 2013). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-61172-531-5.

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