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57% Critic Match
The Beast to Die
5.7 / 10• 1980• 1h 58m•NR• Japanese
ActionCrimeThriller
Storyline
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".
Cast & Crew
Yūsaku Matsuda
Kunihiko Date
Lead
Asami Kobayashi
Reiko Hanada
Hideo Murota
Hideyuki Kashiwagi
Rikiya Yasuoka
Minehara
Yoshirō Aoki
Okada
Kai Ato
Tojo
Eimei Esumi
Umezu
Hirokazu Inoue
Tachibana
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tōru Murakawa's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Beast to Die is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
