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Beast Alley

Beast Alley

A lone woman trapped in an abyss of avarice and lust!

19657.02h 20m

Overview

Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns down their home to start anew. She is soon entangled in the dark web of an influential, elderly power broker, becoming his mistress and a pawn in his political schemes. As she descends further into a downward spiral of moral decay, Tamiko realizes that the freedom she sought is merely a new form of entrapment.

Directed by Eizō Sugawa
Written by Seicho Matsumoto, Eizō Sugawa, Yoshio Shirasaka
Produced by Sanezumi Fujimoto, Masakatsu Kaneko
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Top Cast

Junko Ikeuchi

Junko Ikeuchi

Tamiko Narisawa

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Detective Hisatsune

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Kôta Kitô

Ryō Ikebe

Ryō Ikebe

Shôjirô Kotaki

Susumu Kurobe

Susumu Kurobe

Tadao Nakamaru

Tadao Nakamaru

Detective Sawa

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Katsuragi

B

Bin Moritsuka

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookarsonpolice detectivefixerjapanese politicssystemic corruptionjapanese society

About Beast Alley

Beast Alley is a drama film released in 1965 exploring themes of based on novel or book, arson, police detective, fixer, japanese politics, systemic corruption. Directed by Eizō Sugawa, it stars Junko Ikeuchi, Keiju Kobayashi, Yūnosuke Itō. Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns down their home to start anew. She is soon entangled in the dark web of an influential, elderly power broker, becoming his mistress and a pawn in his political schemes. As she descends further into a downward spiral of moral decay, Tamiko realizes that the freedom she sought is merely a new form of entrapment.

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