The Day the Wolf Came
1992, Japanese. Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.
That distant howl was my fiancee. A 16-year-old beauty and a wolf; why did you fall in love with a human?
Taihei's difficult days are just beginning. His girlfriend Natsuko has a sister called Kanoko who falls victim to a a disease that has afflicted women of the family for generations, causing a sudden eruption of hair across her body. When she turns into a wolf and escapes into the woods, Taihei and Natsuko come after her and stumble across an unidentified body. The police claim the wolf is to blame. This begins a frantic chase where the myth of the werewolf and Japanese folklore blend together.
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 27 February 1992
- Original title
- オオカミが出てきた日
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Tomoki Kikuhara
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The Day the Wolf Came runs 73 minutes (1h 13m).
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The Day the Wolf Came isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 February 1992. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Day the Wolf Came?
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Who directed The Day the Wolf Came?
The Day the Wolf Came (1992) was directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi and stars Shizuka Ochi, Shinya Kawagishi, Natsuko Akiyama.