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The Beast Shall Die
The Beast Shall Die

The Beast Shall Die

Genres

CrimeDrama

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

96 mins

Rating

5.571/10

Release Date

09 June 1959

Country

Japan

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kunihiko Date

Hiroshi Koizumi

Hiroshi Koizumi

Detective Masugi

Reiko Dan

Reiko Dan

Taeko Kusumi

Yumi Shirakawa

Yumi Shirakawa

Makoto Satō

Makoto Satō

Eiko Miyoshi

Eiko Miyoshi

Michino Yokoyama

Michino Yokoyama

Waitress

Ichirō Shimizu

Ichirō Shimizu

Yoshio Shirasaka

Yoshio Shirasaka

Tsuji

Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Professor Sugimura

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Detective Kuwashima

Yūsuke Takita

Yūsuke Takita

Toru Takeuchi

Toru Takeuchi

Tezuka

Haruya Katō

Haruya Katō

Nadao Kirino

Nadao Kirino

Yutaka Sada

Yutaka Sada

Driver

Akira Sera

Akira Sera

Detective Okada

Tetsu Nakamura

Tetsu Nakamura

Kenzō Tabu

Kenzō Tabu

Akira Tani

Akira Tani

Apartment superintendent

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Shirō Tsuchiya

Shirō Tsuchiya

Shōichi Hirose

Shōichi Hirose

Kyoko Mori

Kyoko Mori

Hostess at the Rollita A

Kôji Uno

Kôji Uno

Gorô Sakurai

Gorô Sakurai

Fumindo Matsuo

Fumindo Matsuo

Etsuo Saijo

Etsuo Saijo

Mitsuo Tsuda

Mitsuo Tsuda

Kenji Kasahara

Kenji Kasahara

Tadashi Okabe

Tadashi Okabe

Yoshikazu Kawamata

Yoshikazu Kawamata

Akiko Wakabayashi

Akiko Wakabayashi

Hostess at the Rollita B

Ichirō Chiba

Ichirō Chiba

Kisao Hatamochi

Kisao Hatamochi

Yutaka Nakayama

Yutaka Nakayama

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