Elegant Beast (1962)
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.
Director:
Yūzō Kawashima
Writer:
Kaneto Shindō
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Ayako Wakao as Yukie Mitani |
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Eiji Funakoshi as Eisaku Kamiya |
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Yūko Hamada as Tomoko Maeda |
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Hideo Takamatsu as Ichiro Katori |
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Aikō Kawabata as Minoru Maeda |
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Yūnosuke Itō as Tokizo Maeda |
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Hisano Yamaoka as Yoshino Maeda |
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Kyū Sazanka as Shuntaro Yoshizawa |
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Shoichi Ozawa as Paburisuta Pinosaku |
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Chōchō Miyako as Madame Yuki |
| Directing | Yūzō Kawashima | Director |
| Editing | Tatsuji Nakashizu | Editor |
| Directing | Noriaki Yuasa | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Sei Ikeno | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Screenplay |
| Camera | Nobuo Munekawa | Director of Photography |
| Art | Atsuji Shibata | Art Direction |
| Production | Osamu Yoneda | Producer |
| Production | Masateru Mikuma | Producer |
| Production | Takao Matsumoto | Production Manager |
| Sound | Kenichi Nishii | Sound |
| Lighting | Yukio Itō | Gaffer |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Original Story |