Blind Beast

Blind Beast (盲獣, Mōjū), aka Moju the Blind Beast[1] is a 1969 Japanese film directed by Yasuzo Masumura. It is based on a novel by Edogawa Rampo.

Blind Beast
Directed byYasuzo Masumura
Produced byKazumasa Nakano[1]
Screenplay byYoshio Shirasoka[1]
Based onMoju
by Rampo Edogawa
Starring
Music byHikaru Hayashi[1]
CinematographySetsuo Kobayashi[1]
Production
company
Release date
  • January 1969 (1969-01) (Japan)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Cast

Release

Blind Beast was released in Japan on January 1969.[1] The film was released by Daiei International Film with English subtitles in April 1969.[1] It was reissued by Roninfilm under the title Warehouse in February 1974.[1]

Reception

In a contemporary review, Variety praised the cinematography and Shigeo Mano's art direction, while noting that his previous films dealt with sexuality such as Daini no Seo and Manji but "these are kindergarten material compared with The Blind Beast...it's a sick film."[2]

Retrospective reviews include critic Jasper Sharp calling it "One of the most fascinatingly freakish of all the big screen adaptations of the works of Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Rampo".[3] Tom Vick of AllMovie compared the film to The Collector and opined that "Masumura, a master of dark humor and macabre psychodrama, strikes an odd balance between silliness and horror throughout the film. One of the nuttier entries in his oeuvre, Blind Beast is a delicious guilty pleasure."[4] Sight & Sound referred to the film as a "fascinating curiosity" with "bizarre production design, tendency towards outlandish symbolism and eccentric performances, it seems at least partly tongue in cheek even at its most extreme."[5]

See also

References

Footnotes
  1. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 122.
  2. Galbraith IV 1994, p. 183.
  3. Sharp, Jasper. "The Blind Beast". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  4. Vick, Tom. "Blind Beast (1969)". AllMovie. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  5. Macnab, Geoffrey (August 2006). "Blind Beast". Sight & Sound. Vol. 16 no. 8. British Film Institute. p. 95.

Sources
  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. ISBN 0-89950-853-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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