Blind Beast vs. Dwarf

Blind Beast vs. Dwarf (盲獣vs一寸法師, Mōjū tai Issunbōshi) aka Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf is a 2001 film by Japanese director Teruo Ishii. It is the last film he directed.[1]

Blind Beast vs. Dwarf
盲獣vs一寸法師
Directed byTeruo Ishii
Produced byTeruo Ishii
Written byTeruo Ishii
Edogawa Rampo (original story by novels)
StarringLily Franky
Shinya Tsukamoto
Tetsurō Tamba
Music byChika Fujino
Haru Oooka
CinematographyTeruo Ishii
Edited byMasaki Yaguchi
Akiko Yamashita
Production
company
Teruo Ishii Production
Distributed byTeruo Ishii Production / Slow Learner (Japan)
Eleven Arts (U.S.)
Release date
  • June 24, 2001 (2001-06-24)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Mieko Tanaka, who was elected to the Diet in the 2009 Japanese general election, appears in Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf in a role that includes a nude scene. This precipitated a surge in sales of the movie that year.[2]

Plot

While returning home after viewing an all-girls opera, dime-novel writer Monzo Kobayashi encounters a strange deformed dwarf dressed in samurai garb carrying a woman's severed arm. Unnerved yet fascinated by the encounter, Monzō begins his own research into dwarfs including the mysterious samurai-clad man. Introduced to investigator Kogoro Akechi by an old friend, Monzō learns about a string of grisly murders involving the same man whom Monzō had encountered. As time wears on, Monzō's fascination soon becomes an obsession as he desperately tries to find the secret behind the murders and the strange man.

Cast
  • Hisayoshi Hirayama as Mōjuu / Blind Beast
  • Little Frankie as Issunbōshi / Dwarf
  • Mutsumi Fujita as Ranko Mizuki
  • Kenpachirō Satsuma as Yasukawa, the doll-maker

Release

Home media

The film was released on DVD by Panik House Entertainment on August 22, 2006.[3] It was later released by Synapse Films on September 29, 2009.[4]

See also

References
  1. 盲獣vs一寸法師. Agency for Cultural Affairs (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  2. tokyoreporter.com 2009/09/17
  3. "Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf (2001) - Teruo Ishii". Allmovie.com. Allmovie. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  4. "Amazon.com: Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf: Lily Franky, Teruo Ishii: Movies & TV". Amazon.com. Amazon. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
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