Path of the Beast

Saki, a 17-year-old noodle vendor’s daughter, hustles between school dropouts, street romances and late-night truck stops. She quits her paramours, hoping to outrun her mother’s itinerant history. The film documents this doomed attempt at reinvention with the subtlety of a neon sign in a back alley.

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Tatsumi Kumashiro directed Path of the Beast in 1980. See Tatsumi Kumashiro's full filmography, where to start with Tatsumi Kumashiro, or where to go after you've seen everything by Tatsumi Kumashiro.

Path of the Beast was released in 1980 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 71 minutes.