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Elegant Beast

1962-1h 36min
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7.1 / 10 17

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.

Directed by Yūzō Kawashima

Writers Kaneto Shindō

Stars Ayako Wakao Yūnosuke Itō Hisano Yamaoka

Videos

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Cast

Ayako Wakao's picture in the cast

Ayako Wakao

Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant
Yūnosuke Itō's picture in the cast

Yūnosuke Itō

Tokizo Maeda, ex soldier
Hisano Yamaoka's picture in the cast

Hisano Yamaoka

Yoshino, Tokizo's wife
Yūko Hamada's picture in the cast

Yūko Hamada

Tomoko, Tokizo's daughter
Eiji Funakoshi's picture in the cast

Eiji Funakoshi

Eisaku Kamiya, the tax collector
Shoichi Ozawa's picture in the cast

Shoichi Ozawa

Pinosaku, the singer
Hideo Takamatsu's picture in the cast

Hideo Takamatsu

Ichiro Katori, Talent agents manager
Kyū Sazanka's picture in the cast

Kyū Sazanka

Shuntaro Yoshizawa, Writer
Chōchō Miyako's picture in the cast

Chōchō Miyako

Yuki
Manamitsu Kawabata's picture in the cast

Manamitsu Kawabata

Minoru, Tokizo's son

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