Elegant Beast

Dec 26, 1962

1h 36m

★ 7.1

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Daiei Film

Elegant Beast Trailers

Cast

Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant

Ayako Wakao

Tokizo Maeda, ex soldier

Yūnosuke Itō

Yoshino, Tokizo's wife

Hisano Yamaoka

Tomoko, Tokizo's daughter

Yūko Hamada

Eisaku Kamiya, the tax collector

Eiji Funakoshi

Pinosaku, the singer

Shoichi Ozawa

Ichiro Katori, Talent agents manager

Hideo Takamatsu

Shuntaro Yoshizawa, Writer

Kyū Sazanka

Yuki

Chōchō Miyako

Minoru, Tokizo's son

Manamitsu Kawabata

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7.0

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0.0

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6.2

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6.3

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7.3

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0.0

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5.5

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7.8

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0.0

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7.2

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0.0

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6.9

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6.9

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8.3

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