White Beast
1950 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan
he critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and estranged lovers. With its catfights, hysterical tantrums, film noir lighting, and dramatic music, White Beast is indicative of the new influences of the Hollywood psychological thriller on Naruse. Caged (John Cromwell, 1950) initiated a cycle of women's prison movies in the United States that may or may not have been shown in Japan, but the stylistics of White Beast draw on the same paranoid woman's films and film noir conventions that preceded the American cycle.
Direction Mikio Naruse
Cast Sô Yamamura · Kimiko Kaino · Mitsuko Miura · Tanie Kitabayashi · Haruko Ashida · Tatsuya Ishiguro · Eiji Okada · Chieko Nakakita
Soundtrack Akira Ifukube
Screenplay Mikio Naruse · Motosada Nishiki
Cinematography Masao Tamai
Original title Shiroi yajuu (White Beast)
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