Yoshio Shirasaka — Playwright (12)
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The Beast Shall Die (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
野獣死すべし 復讐のメカニック
director: Eizō Sugawa actor: Hiroshi Fujioka / Toshio Kurosawa …
other title: 野獣死すべし 復讐のメカニック
Kunihiko Date, a young criminal genius, puts a perfect crime plan into action to take revenge on the men who once drove his father to ruin.
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Beast Alley (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
けものみち
director: Eizō Sugawa actor: Junko Ikeuchi / Keiju Kobayashi …
other title: けものみち
Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns down their home to start anew. She is soon entangled in the dark web of an influential, elderly power broker, becoming his mistress and a pawn in his political schemes. As she descends further into a downward spiral of moral decay, Tamiko realizes that the freedom she sought is merely a new form of entrapment.
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The Beast Shall Die (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
野獣死すべし
director: Eizō Sugawa actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Hiroshi Koizumi …
other title: 野獣死すべし
A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man.
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Lullaby of the Earth (1976) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb
大地の子守歌
director: 増村保造 actor: 原田美枝子 / 佐藤佑介 …
other title: 大地摇篮曲 / 大地の子守歌 …
The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world when her grandmother dies.
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The Souvenir Shop (1985) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
想い出を売る店
director: Akio Kondo actor: Philippe Caroit / Ingrid Held …
other title: 想い出を売る店
In a small Normandy village overlooking the English Channel, an elderly shopkeeper runs the enigmatic “Shop That Sells Memories,” offering customers tiny floating bubbles that reveal their deepest past experiences. When a troubled young glassblower named Tom returns after years abroad, he and his long‑lost love Marie rediscover each other through the shop’s magic, ultimately reuniting and prompting the shop to vanish forever.
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Rape! 13th Hour (1977) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
レイプ25時 暴姦
director: Yasuharu Hasebe actor: Yuri Yamashina / Yudai Ishiyama …
other title: Le violeur à la rose / レイプ25時 暴姦
A serial rapist takes on a young protégé to his craft as he is pursued by a homosexual gang seeking vengeance for an attack on their leader.
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Rape! 13th Hour (1977) [Movie] NeoDB
レイプ25時 暴姦
director: Yasuharu Hasebe actor: Yuri Yamashina / Yudai Ishiyama …
other title: 强姦２５小時之暴姦 / レイプ25時 暴姦
在加油站工作的年轻男子（塚田末人 饰），偶然结识了一个行踪诡秘、身份不明的暴行男（石山雄大 饰）。夜深人静之时，暴行男带着年轻人潜入一座宅第，对美丽圣洁的女舞蹈演员真理子（山科ゆり 饰）施暴。暴行男狂性大发，乐在其中，而年轻人则惶恐不安，索然无味。在其后的日子里，他虽然感受到内心深处原欲的召唤，却总在关键时刻畏缩不前，尤其对真理子存有一股挥之不去的负罪感。不只是他，似乎暴行男的灵魂也发生着不易为人察觉的变化，他与真理子的关系也变得分外暧昧。
另一方面，一支神秘的三人组时刻跟踪着暴行男，这群无羁的生命前途未卜……
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Blind Beast (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
盲獣
director: Yasuzō Masumura actor: Eiji Funakoshi / Mako Midori …
other title: 盲獣 / Cega Obsessão …
A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual and sexual obsession is acted out in world where sight is replaced by touch.
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FEMMES DE CHAMPION (1959) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
最高殊勲夫人
director: 增村保造 actor: 若尾文子 / 川口浩 …
other title: 最高殊勋夫人 / 最高殊勲夫人 …
富丽堂皇的大酒店，正在进行一场盛大的婚礼。三原商事的次子二郎（北原義郎 饰）迎娶野野宫家的二女儿梨子（近藤美恵子 饰）。早在三年前，两家已有过一次联姻。当年三原一郎（船越英二 饰）爱慕在本公司担任秘书的野野宫桃子（丹阿弥谷津子 饰），二人最终结为夫妇。如今两家再次联姻，无疑谱写了一段佳话。适值此时，三原家的小儿子三郎（川口浩 饰）正在另一家公司独自打拼，哥哥们有意召回弟弟，强势的桃子也希望彰显自己的实力，她因此极力撮合妹妹杏子（若尾文子 饰）和三郎走到一起。得知兄长和姐姐的心意，三郎和杏子结成同盟，发誓永不结婚……
本片根据源氏鶏太的同名小说改编。