White Beast

Caged Heat if Bergman directed. A woman tries to rebuild her life after time spent in the Tokyo underworld lands her in a rural halfway house. Naruse finds a poignant postwar story in a minor key.

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Mikio Naruse directed White Beast in 1950. See Mikio Naruse's full filmography, where to start with Mikio Naruse, or where to go after you've seen everything by Mikio Naruse.

White Beast was released in 1950 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 97 minutes.