The Inheritance is a 1962 Japanese drama film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. The plot centres around a struggle between associates of a dying businessman for his fortune which he intends to leave for his three illegitimate children.
Summary
Senzo Kawahara is a wealthy businessman who discovers that he has cancer and only six months to live. He reveals to his associates that he has three missing illegitimate children and tasks them with finding them so that his wealth can be divided equally among the three descendants, while his wife will also receive her legally guaranteed portion. This sets off a struggle of scheming and deception as they attempt to appropriate all the money for themselves. == Reception ==
Reception
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." Stephen Prince The film was nominated for and won the 1964 BAFTA United Nations Award. ==Cast==