Rent The Beast to Die (1980)
3.5 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 59min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- A traumatised photographer (Yusaku Matsuda) returns to Tokyo, plotting a series of brutal murders and robberies that are mere warmups for an unprecedented bank heist. Searching for an accomplice, he finds the dangerously unhinged Tetsuo (Takeshi Kaga).
- Actors:
- Yûsaku Matsuda, Mako Midori, Akemi Mari, Toshio Kurosawa, Hôsei Komatsu, Kunio Murai, Kazuo Katô, Yoshi Katô, Asami Kobayashi, Yoshirô Aoki, Kai Atô, Eimei Esumi, Hirokazu Inoue, Kôichi Iwaki, Shigeru Izumiya, Toby Kadoguchi, Haruki Kadokawa, Takeshi Kaga, Yoshio Katsube, Daiki Katô
- Directors:
- Tôru Murakawa
- Producers:
- Haruki Kadokawa, Mitsuru Kurosawa, Tatsurô Shigaki
- Writers:
- Haruhiko Ôyabu, Shoichi Maruyama
- Aka:
- Yajû shisubeshi
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 21/07/2025
- Run Time:
- 119 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Interview with Director Toru Murakawa
- Interview with Screenwriter Shoichi Maruyama
- Newly Filmed Appreciation by Novelist and Screenwritier Jordan Harper
