The Blue Beast

The Blue Beast
The Blue Beast
Directed by	Hiromichi Horikawa
Screenplay by	Yoshio Shirasaka
Produced by	Sanezumi Fujimoto; Masakatsu Kaneko;
Starring	Tatsuya Nakadai; Yoko Tsukasa; Koreya Senda; Ichico Nakaya;
Cinematography	Asakazu Nakai
Music by	Shigeru Ikeno
Production; company	Toho
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	26 June 1960 (Japan);
Country	Japan

The Blue Beast (青い野獣, Aoi Yajū) is a 1960 Japanese film directed by Hiromichi Horikawa. The film is about a former leftist activist Yashuhiko Kuroki (Tatsuya Nakadai) who becomes a right wing opportunist by betraying his co-workers and friends during a strike.

Release

The Blue Beast was distributed in Japan by Toho on 26 June 1960.^[1] The film was released in the United States by Toho International with English subtitles on January 29, 1965.^[1]

Reception

"Robe." of Variety described the film as a Japanese variation of A Room at the Top. The review praised Nakadai in the role while noting "impressive performances" by Yoko Tsukasa and Keiko Awaji and Koreya Senda.^[2]

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Galbraith IV 2008, p. 171.
^ Variety's Film Reviews 1964-1967. Vol. 11. R. R. Bowker. 1983. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "February 3, 1965". ISBN 0-8352-2790-1.

References

Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 1461673747. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

External links

The Blue Beast at IMDb

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV2008171-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Galbraith IV 2008, p. 171.

[variety-book-2] Variety's Film Reviews 1964-1967. Vol. 11. R. R. Bowker. 1983. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "February 3, 1965". ISBN 0-8352-2790-1.

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