The Beast Shall Die

The Beast Shall Die

96 mins | Drama, Crime | June 9, 1959

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.

The Beast Shall Die

96 mins | Drama, Crime | June 9, 1959

The Beast Shall Die
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.
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 野獣死すべし
Directors Takashi Nagano, Eizo Sugawa
Writers Haruhiko Oyabu, Yoshio Shirasaka

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Kunihiko Date

Hiroshi Koizumi

as Detective Masugi

Reiko Dan

as Taeko Kusumi

Michiyo Yokoyama

as Waitress

Yoshio Shirasaka

as Tsuji

Nobuo Nakamura

as Professor Sugimura

Eijirō Tōno

as Detective Kuwashima

Toru Takeuchi

as Tezuka

Yutaka Sada

as Driver

Akira Sera

as Detective Okada

Akira Tani

as Apartment superintendent

Kyoko Mori

as Hostess at the Rollita A

Akiko Wakabayashi

as Hostess at the Rollita B