The Claws of the Divine Beast

06/20/1980

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0hr 45min

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Mystery

,TV Movie

STORY

Based on a mystery by Taiwanese-Japanese author Chin Shun-shin. After two elderly men in Yokohama quarrel over a Yang dynasty artifact, one of the men turns up dead with mysterious claw marks across his face. A detective takes up the case, and uncovers secrets dating back to war crimes committed during Japan’s invasion of China in WWII.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Naoko Ohtani
  • Hiroshi Sekiguchi
  • Hiroshi Kondō
  • Yuki Kimura
  • Isamu Nagato

    Director

  • Seijun Suzuki

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese