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The Beast Shall Die

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The Beast Shall Die

5.6

1h 36m

1959

Synopsis

A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man.

Director

Eizō Sugawa

CrimeDramaThriller

based on novel or bookpsychopathserial killerpolice investigationjapanese noir

Cast & Crew

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Kunihiko Date

Hiroshi Koizumi

Hiroshi Koizumi

as Detective Masugi

Reiko Dan

Reiko Dan

as Taeko Kusumi

Yumi Shirakawa

Yumi Shirakawa

Makoto Satō

Makoto Satō

Eiko Miyoshi

Eiko Miyoshi

Michino Yokoyama

Michino Yokoyama

as Waitress

Ichirō Shimizu

Yoshio Shirasaka

Yoshio Shirasaka

as Tsuji

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