The Beast to Die

A neon-lit precinct in a Japanese summer. The bullet casings still smell of powder. A detective finds his colleague’s pistol stamped with the killer’s gait—a twitching corpse on asphalt. A Seijun Suzuki homage that lurches like the killer’s limp.

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Tōru Murakawa directed The Beast to Die in 1980. See Tōru Murakawa's full filmography, where to start with Tōru Murakawa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Tōru Murakawa.

The Beast to Die was released in 1980 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 118 minutes.