The Beast Shall Die

The Beast Shall Die

1959•1h 36m•5.6/10

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Ratings

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5.6/10(8)

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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Production

TOHO

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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

Yoshio Shirasaka

Yoshio Shirasaka

Tsuji

Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Professor Sugimura

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Detective Kuwashima

Yūsuke Takita

Yūsuke Takita

Toru Takeuchi

Tezuka

Haruya Katō

Nadao Kirino

Nadao Kirino

Yutaka Sada

Yutaka Sada

Driver

Akira Sera

Detective Okada

Tetsu Nakamura

Tetsu Nakamura

Kenzō Tabu

Kenzō Tabu

Akira Tani

Apartment superintendent

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