Elegant Beast

Elegant Beast 1962 Directed by Yūzō Kawashima しとやかな獣

A 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.

Country Japan

Production Country Japan

Language Japanese

Spoken Language Japanese

Gneres Crime , Drama

Production Company Daiei Film

Release Date 26 December 1962

96 mins

Cast

Ayako Wakao Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant

Yūnosuke Itō Tokizo Maeda, ex soldier

Hisano Yamaoka Yoshino, Tokizo's wife

Yūko Hamada Tomoko, Tokizo's daughter

Eiji Funakoshi Eisaku Kamiya, the tax collector

Shoichi Ozawa Pinosaku, the singer

Hideo Takamatsu Ichiro Katori, Talent agents manager

Kyū Sazanka Shuntaro Yoshizawa, Writer

Chōchō Miyako Yuki

Manamitsu Kawabata Minoru, Tokizo's son

Crew

Director

Yūzō Kawashima

Writer

Kaneto Shindō

Producer

Osamu Yoneda

Cinematography

Nobuo Munekawa

Composer

Sei Ikeno

Editor

Tatsuji Nakashizu

Art Direction

Atsuji Shibata

Lighting

Yukio Itō

Assistant Director

Noriaki Yuasa