The Hateful Beast

Category: Drama
In the Edo era, two man arrive in a village and engage in criminal activity. While one of them becomes successful and rich, the other gets betrayed and ends up in prison, burning for revenge. The truth changes with the viewpoint in this Wakamatsu film, which has inspired comparisons to Rashomon.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1970-12-14
Run time: 70 minute / 1:10
Director: Kōji Wakamatsu
Writer: Masao Adachi
Production Company : Wakamatsu Production
Production Country: Japan

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Directing
Kōji Wakamatsu Director

Writing
Masao Adachi Screenplay

Camera
Hideo Itō Director of Photography

Directing
Megumi Yoshizumi Assistant Director

Lighting
Masao Maeda Lighting Director

Editing
Isamu Nakashima Editor

Production
Isamu Matsuzaki Production Manager

Camera
Kenji Takama Camera Department Production Assistant
Naozumi Yokota Camera Department Production Assistant

Lighting
Chosuke Fukui Lighting Artist

Camera
Kenichiro Aida Still Photographer

Production
Kōji Wakamatsu Producer

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