Story of movie Blind Beast : Blind Beast (?? M?j?), aka Moju the Blind Beast is a 1969 Japanese film directed by Yasuzo Masumura. It is based on a novel by Edogawa Rampo.
| Blind Beast | |
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| Directed by | Yasuzo Masumura |
| Produced by | Kazumasa Nakano |
| Screenplay by | Yoshio Shirasoka |
| Based on | Moju by Rampo Edogawa |
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| Music by | Hikaru Hayashi |
| Cinematography | Setsuo Kobayashi |
Production company | Daiei Film |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Screenplay
- Eiji Funakoshi as Michio Sofu
- Mako Midori as Aki Shima
- Noriko Sengoku as Shino, Mutter
Blind Beast was released in Japan on January 1969. The film was released by Daiei International Film with English subtitles in April 1969. It was reissued by Roninfilm under the title Warehouse in February 1974.
In a contemporary review, Variety praised the cinematography and Shigeo Mano's art direction, while noting that his previous films dealt with sexuality such as Daini no Seo and Manji but "these are kindergarten material compared with The Blind Beast...it's a sick film."
Retrospective reviews include critic Jasper Sharp calling it "One of the most fascinatingly freakish of all the big screen adaptations of the works of Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Rampo". Tom Vick of AllMovie compared the film to The Collector and opined that "Masumura, a master of dark humor and macabre psychodrama, strikes an odd balance between silliness and horror throughout the film. One of the nuttier entries in his oeuvre, Blind Beast is a delicious guilty pleasure." Sight & Sound referred to the film as a "fascinating curiosity" with "bizarre production design, tendency towards outlandish symbolism and eccentric performances, it seems at least partly tongue in cheek even at its most extreme."
- List of Japanese films of 1969
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