The Sleeping Beast Within (1960)
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Genres - Crime, Mystery, Spirituality & Philosophy |
Sub-Genres - Crime Drama |
Run Time - 86 min. |
Countries - Japan |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Robert Firsching
This grim early crime film from future-great Seijun Suzuki is a matter-of-fact tale about an aging office-worker who gets duped into taking part in a drug-running operation. Distraught, the old man kills the Yakuza kingpin, burns down his offices, and commits suicide. It's not a very pleasant story, but it's powerfully told by Suzuki in a cinema-verite style and fairly well played by Hiroyuki Nagato and Kazuko Yoshiyuki.
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drugs, fire, gangster, murder, office-worker, suicide