

The Beast Shall Die
1959-06-09 · 96 min · ★ 6.2
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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- Directors
- Eizō Sugawa
- Production companies
- TOHO
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Tatsuya NakadaiKunihiko Date
Hiroshi KoizumiDetective Masugi
Reiko DanTaeko Kusumi
Yumi Shirakawa
Makoto Satou
Eiko Miyoshi
Michino YokoyamaWaitress
Ichirō Shimizu
Yoshio ShirasakaTsuji
Nobuo NakamuraProfessor Sugimura
Eijirō TōnoDetective Kuwashima
Yūsuke Takita
Haruya Katō
Nadao Kirino
Yutaka SadaDriver
Tetsu Nakamura
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