Rent The Beast to Die (1980)
3.5 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 59min
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- Synopsis:
- Deeply scarred by what he witnessed on battlefields across Asia, a young war photographer (Yusaku Matsuda, Yokohama BJ Blues) returns to the bustling streets of 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 short-fused and equally disenfranchised Tetsuo (Takeshi Kaga, Death Note). Directed by Toru Murakawa (The Game Trilogy) from a venomous script by Shoichi Maruyama (Yokohama BJ Blues), this unsettling dark thriller was Yusaku Matsuda's farewell to his 1970s action hero persona.
- 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:
- Mitsuru Kurosawa
- Writers:
- Haruhiko Ôyabu, Shoichi Maruyama
- Aka:
- Yajû shisubeshi
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 21/07/2025
- Run Time:
- 119 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Interview with Toru Murakawa (2025)
- Interview with Shoichi Maruyama (2025)
- Appreciation by Jordan Harper (2025)
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