Elegant Beast

Directed by Yūzō Kawashima
1962    1h 35mComedy, Drama,
7.47.1
A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover there are other, equally conniving players involved.
  • Ayako WakaoYukie Mitani, the agent's accountant
  • Yūnosuke ItōTokizo Maeda, ex soldier
  • Hisano YamaokaYoshino, Tokizo's wife
  • Yūko HamadaTomoko, Tokizo's daughter
  • Eiji FunakoshiEisaku Kamiya, the tax collector
  • Shoichi OzawaPinosaku, the singer
  • Hideo TakamatsuIchiro Katori, Talent agents manager
  • Kyū SazankaShuntaro Yoshizawa, Writer
  • Chōchō MiyakoYuki
  • Manamitsu KawabataMinoru, Tokizo's son
  • Yūzō KawashimaDirector
  • Kaneto ShindōScreenplay
  • Osamu YonedaProducer
  • Atsuji ShibataArt Direction
  • Nobuo MunekawaDirector Of Photography
  • Noriaki YuasaFirst Assistant Director
  • Tatsuji NakashizuEditor
  • Sei IkenoOriginal Music Composer
  • Kenichi NishiiSound Recordist

Elegant Beast Ratings & Reviews

Elegant Beast Trivia

Elegant Beast was released on December 26, 1962.

Elegant Beast was directed by Yūzō Kawashima.

Elegant Beast has a runtime of 1h 35m.

Elegant Beast was produced by Osamu Yoneda.

The key characters in Elegant Beast are Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant (Ayako Wakao), Tokizo Maeda, ex soldier (Yūnosuke Itō), Yoshino, Tokizo's wife (Hisano Yamaoka).

Elegant Beast is a Comedy, Drama, Crime film.

Elegant Beast has an audience rating of 7.4 out of 10.

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