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A self-proclaimed psychopath, coldblooded lawyer Ninomiya becomes obsessed with stopping an ax-wielding serial killer who's made him their next target.


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.

Tatsuya Nakadai
Kunihiko Date

Hiroshi Koizumi
Detective Masugi

Reiko Dan
Taeko Kusumi

Yumi Shirakawa

Makoto Satō
Eiko Miyoshi

Michino Yokoyama
Waitress
Ichirō Shimizu

Yoshio Shirasaka
Tsuji

Nobuo Nakamura
Professor Sugimura
The Beast Shall Die is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 1959 exploring themes of based on novel or book, psychopath, serial killer, police investigation, japanese noir. Directed by Eizō Sugawa, it stars Tatsuya Nakadai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Reiko Dan. 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.
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