Japan / Nov 04, 1950
Golden Beast (1950)
Directed by Toshio Shimura
1h 35minruntime
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Plot
On a Sunday morning, young dentist Toshio Ezaki wakes up with a hangover, on a bench in his office. He finds a poisoned woman in a green-striped Western-style outfit lying in his exam room. He must retrace his blurry steps of the night before, and navigate a web of embezzlement, murder, framings, and false identities in Tokyo's Ginza district, to discover the identity of the dead woman and why she is there—and hopefully prove his innocence, before his wedding in three days...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Sōji Kiyokawa | Detective Kawana |
| Yūnosuke Itō | |
| Kyōzō Fuyuki | Youth in the town A |
| Shunji Kubo | Detective Takagi |
| Yo Shiomi | Connie Sonobe's father |
| Tamae Kiyokawa | Nurse Kida |
| Satoko Date | Cabaret madam |
| Mineko Kirioka | Rui Suganuma |
| Miyuki Chiaki | Kisugure no Masa |
| Kumeko Urabe | Connie Sonobe's mother |
| Yōji Misaki | Shoeshiner |
| Teruo Wakatsuki | |
| Hiroshi Ayukawa | |
| Kenji Nakahara | |
| Ichiro Kodama | |
| Yoyo Kojima | Executive-style man |
| Shin Terashima | Suspect |
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Genres
Mystery
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 黄金獣 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Shintoho Company |
| Release date | 4 novembre 1950 |
| Production | Tsuneo Hazumi |
| Writer | Ryōzō Kasahara, Kazuo Shimada |
| Cinematography | Susumu Yamanaka |
| Assistant directors | Teruo Ishii, Toshio Shimura |
| Camera operators | Susumu Yamanaka |
| Additional photography | Susumu Yamanaka |
| Production design | Tomoo Shimogawara |
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| Art direction | Tomoo Shimogawara |
| Set decoration | Tomoo Shimogawara |
| Music | Yuzuru Ike |
| Sound | Yuzuru Ike |
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