Elegant Beast
Watch TrailerA greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover there are other, equally conniving players involved.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | しとやかな獣 |
| Year | 1962 |
| Country | Japan |
| Genre | Drama, Crime |
| Director | Yūzō Kawashima |
| Runtime | 96 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 7.1/10 (17 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.
Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.
For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.
Director: Yūzō Kawashima
— MovieFinder Editorial
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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.
🎭 Cast
Ayako Wakao
Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant
Eiji Funakoshi
Eisaku Kamiya, the tax collector
Yūko Hamada
Tomoko, Tokizo's daughter
Hideo Takamatsu
Ichiro Katori, Talent agents manager
Manamitsu Kawabata
Minoru, Tokizo's son
Yūnosuke Itō
Tokizo Maeda, ex soldier
Hisano Yamaoka
Yoshino, Tokizo's wife
Kyū Sazanka
Shuntaro Yoshizawa, Writer
Shoichi Ozawa
Pinosaku, the singer
Chōchō Miyako
Yuki
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