Path of the Beast (1980)
17 year old Saki lives in a run-down shack with her mom, who survives by pushing a food cart from dawn to dusk. Saki has dropped out of school, and when she's not helping her mother selling noodles in the streets, she's playing flesh-games with boyfriend Sotoo. In her spare time, the girl also entertains a truck driver named Ataru. She believes her promiscuity is a trait inherited from her mom. Determined to improve her lot in life, Saki decides to stop seeing the two guys.
Director:
Tatsumi Kumashiro
Writers:
Tatsumi Kumashiro, Rio Kishida.
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Ayako Yoshimura as Saki |
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Minako Mizushima as Yûko |
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Noboru Mitani as Rokyoku Artist |
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Mon Muso as Sotoo |
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Tessen Nakahira as |
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Akira Takahashi as Middle-aged Man |
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Rumi Tama as Keiko |
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Yuya Uchida as Ataru |
| Production | Akira Miura | Producer |
| Directing | Tatsumi Kumashiro | Director |
| Writing | Tatsumi Kumashiro | Screenplay |
| Sound | Fumio Hashimoto | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Hidehiro Ito | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Rio Kishida | Screenplay |
| Camera | Shinsaku Himeda | Director of Photography |
| Art | Heihachiro Watanabe | Art Direction |
| Sound | Eiichi Arai | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Makoto Shinkawa | Lighting Director |
| Editing | Osamu Inoue | Editor |