The Claws of the Divine Beast (1980)

Name: The Claws of the Divine Beast
Genre: Mystery, TV Movie
Released: 1980-06-20
Duration: 45 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Naoko Ohtani, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Kondō, Yuki Kimura, Isamu Nagato

06/20/1980 Mystery, TV Movie 0h 45m

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User
Score

5.7/10

Overview

Based on a mystery by Taiwanese-Japanese author Chin Shun-shin. After two elderly men in Yokohama quarrel over a Tang 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.

Seijun Suzuki

Director

Yasuhiro Sakurai

Screenplay