The Beast Shall Die (1959)

CinemaOSMovie · 1959 · 1h 36m

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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.

Directed byEizō Sugawa

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Status: Released
Runtime: 1h 36m
Language: JA
Released: June 9, 1959

Studios

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited

Starring

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kunihiko Date

Hiroshi Koizumi

Detective Masugi

Reiko Dan

Taeko Kusumi

Yumi Shirakawa

Makoto Satō

Eiko Miyoshi

Michino Yokoyama

Waitress

Ichirō Shimizu

Yoshio Shirasaka

Tsuji

Nobuo Nakamura

Professor Sugimura

Creative team

Directed by: Eizō Sugawa
Written by: Yoshio Shirasaka
Produced by: Sanezumi Fujimoto
Masakatsu Kaneko

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