The Beast Shall Die

Original title: 野獣死すべし

Duration: 96 min

Release date: 1959-06-09

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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.

Crime Drama Thriller

野獣死すべし

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Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Kunihiko Date

Hiroshi Koizumi

Hiroshi Koizumi

as Detective Masugi

as Taeko Kusumi

Michino Yokoyama

Michino Yokoyama

Ichirō Shimizu

Yoshio Shirasaka

Yoshio Shirasaka

as Professor Sugimura

as Detective Kuwashima

as Detective Okada

as Apartment superintendent

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Shirō Tsuchiya

Shōichi Hirose

as Hostess at the Rollita A

Yoshikazu Kawamata

Yoshikazu Kawamata

Akiko Wakabayashi

Akiko Wakabayashi

as Hostess at the Rollita B

Kisao Hatamochi

Kisao Hatamochi

Yutaka Nakayama

Yutaka Nakayama

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Assistant Director

Yoshio Shirasaka

Yoshio Shirasaka

Hisashi Shimonaga

Hisashi Shimonaga

Sound Effects Editor

Sanezumi Fujimoto

Sanezumi Fujimoto

Production Design

Masakatsu Kaneko

Masakatsu Kaneko

Sound Recordist

Director of Photography

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Original Music Composer

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