The Beast to Die
1980 Japanese film
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The Beast to Die (Japanese: 野獣死すべし, Hepburn: Yajū shisubeshi) is a 1980 Japanese thriller film directed by Tōru Murakawa, produced by Haruki Kadokawa, and starring Yūsaku Matsuda.
Directed byTōru Murakawa
Written by
- Shoichi Maruyama
- Haruhiko Ohyabu
Based on
The Beast to Die
by Haruhiko Ōyabu
by Haruhiko Ōyabu
Produced byHaruki Kadokawa
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| Directed by | Tōru Murakawa |
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| Based on | The Beast to Die by Haruhiko Ōyabu |
| Produced by | Haruki Kadokawa |
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| Cinematography | Seizō Sengen |
| Edited by | Osamu Tanaka |
| Music by | Akihiko Takashima |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot
A Nietzschean journalist who covered the Vietnam War, Lebanese Civil War and other conflicts becomes mentally unstable and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.
Cast
- Yūsaku Matsuda as Journalist
- Takeshi Kaga as Waiter, Accomplice
- Hideo Murota as Policeman