Star of David: Beauty Hunting

Oct 27, 1979

1h 40m

★ 6.3

A masterpiece of immoral Eros, a movie of Masaaki Sato's dramatic manga made by Norifumi Suzuki of 'Torakku yarō'!

Overview

The film portrays the life of Tatsuya, a young man of proper descent whose outward respectability hides his urges for rape and torture. This handsome rapist seduces women, then brings them to the basement of the mansion he inherited from his well-to-do parents, where he indulges in lengthy sessions of sado-sexual violence. Based on manga by Masaaki Sato.

Genres

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Star of David: Beauty Hunting Trailers

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Cast

Machiko / Jun's assistant(杉本町子)

Yuka Asagiri

Tokie / Tatsuya's mother(神納とき江)

Yûko Asuka

Tatsuya Jinno(神納達也)

Shun Domon

Yumiko / Takayuki's daughter(宮原由美子)

Hiromi Namino

Yasuhisa / Tatsuya's stepfather(神納康久)

Hiroshi Nawa

Kiyomi / Kidnapped girl(西崎清美)

Asami Ogawa

Saeko / Genpei's mistress(中里佐恵子)

Rei Okamoto

Mogi(茂木)

Nagatoshi Sakamoto

Genpei Hirukawa / Tatsuya's father(蛭川源平)

Shōhei Yamamoto

Momojirô Hoshi(運転手)

Bunta Sugawara

Sakuzô(作造)

Noboru Mitani

Takayuki / Yasuhisa's friend(宮原高之)

Bin Moritsuka

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