Action ·Crime ·Thriller · Japan · 1980 · 1h 58m

The Beast to Die

野獣死すべし

The Beast to Die poster
Director
Tōru Murakawa
Cast
Yūsaku Matsuda as Kunihiko Date Asami Kobayashi as Reiko Hanada Hideo Murota as Hideyuki Kashiwagi Rikiya Yasuoka as Minehara Yoshirō Aoki as Okada Kai Ato as Tojo
Crew
Seizō Sengen — Director of Photography Osamu Tanaka — Editor Akihiko Takashima — Original Music Composer Shōichi Maruyama — Screenplay Haruhiko Oyabu — Novel Mitsuru Kurosawa — Producer
Synopsis

A policeman is murdered and his gun, stolen, used to commit the next crime. Detective Kashiwagi, who is leading the investigation, learns that the author of the killings "walks like a dead man".

Trailer The Beast to Die — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
detectivetokyo, japanbank robbery
Key Collaborators
Tōru Murakawa Director Seizō Sengen Director of Photography Osamu Tanaka Editor Akihiko Takashima Original Music Composer Shōichi Maruyama Screenplay Haruhiko Oyabu Novel Mitsuru Kurosawa Producer Haruki Kadokawa Producer Tatsuro Shigaki Producer Tsutomu Imamura Production Design
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