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The Hateful Beast

1970 1 hour 10 minutes
54/100

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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.

Released

14th December 1970

55 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 10 minutes

Finishes at 7:51pm

Ratings and awards

  • IMDB Logo

    6.1/10

  • TMDb Logo

    47%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    54%

Directed by

Kōji Wakamatsu

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Written by

Masao Adachi

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