The Beast Shall Die
1959 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan
A promising post-graduate literature student (Nakadai) is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man. One of the first "lonely hit-man" or "lonely killer.
Direction Eizô Sugawa
Cast Tatsuya Nakadai · Hiroshi Koizumi · Eijirô Tono · Nobuo Nakamura · Reiko Dan · Yumi Shirakawa · Makoto Satô · Eiko Miyoshi · Ichirô Shimizu · Yoshio Shirasaka · Haruya Kato · Nadao Kirino · Akira Sera · Tetsu Nakamura · Kenzo Tabu · Akira Tani · Yutaka Sada · Akiko Wakabayashi · Ichirô Chiba
Soundtrack Toshiro Mayuzumi
Screenplay Yoshio Shirasaka · Haruhiko Ôyabu
Cinematography Fukuzo Koizumi
Original title Yajû shisubeshi
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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