The Hateful Beast (1970)

In the Edo era, two man arrive in a village and engage in criminal activity. While one of them becomes successful and rich, the other gets betrayed and ends up in prison, burning for revenge. The truth changes with the viewpoint in this Wakamatsu film, which has inspired comparisons to Rashomon.

Released

1970-12-14

Genres

Drama

Runtime

70 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Kōji Wakamatsu, Masao Adachi

TMDB rating

4.7/10 from 3 votes