Also called Kishu and Kishū Inu, this is the medium version of the old Japanese hunting breeds, in between the Akita and Shiba Inu in size. A handsome, intelligent dog, the Kishu is still employed in wild boar hunting to this day.
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Ôgon no inu * AKA: Dog of Fortune * Year: 1979 * Country: Japan * Breed content: Medium
A thriller with as many sexual assaults as there are female characters in its two and a quarter hours run time, Dog of Fortune is more about the messed-up people than the costarring Kishu Ken, “Goro”. He does get screen-time throughout, however, and some of the plot revolves around his actions. Like all old Japanese animal movies, there was no apparent animal welfare concern on the set and the dog was thrown, drugged, and allowed to attack a beached seal, another of which was killed for the film. Besides “Goro” there are dozens of German Shepherd Dogs in an anime-inspired scene that must be one of the strangest and most melodramatic in all reel dogs history. Also called The Golden Dog and Kogane no Inu.
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