Kon Ichikawa, a prolific director who made over 80 films in his life, was under the influence of foreign films including The Spirits of St. Luis (1957) and Murder on the Orient Express (1974). Both of them are connected with an American hero Charles Lindberg who flew over the Atlantic Ocean alone and whose little daughter was kidnapped and killed. Comparing Ichikawa's Alone Across the Pacific (1963) and The Inugami Clan (1976) with those films, we might find out the specific characters of his films.