Beast Alley
けものみち
Release: 1965-09-05
·Runtime: 140m
·★ 7.0
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Cast
Hideo Shibuya
Akio Kusama
Tōru Ibuki
as Young man 1
Sen Yano
as Koizumi
Junko Ikeuchi
as Tamiko Narisawa
Keiju Kobayashi
as Detective Hisatsune
Yoshio Inaba
Gen Shimizu
Keiichirō Katsumoto
as (uncredited)
Takamaru Sasaki
as Dietman Okamura
Katsumi Tezuka
as Fukami
Wataru Ōmae
as Hotel bartender (uncredited)
Michiko Ōtsuka
Eitarō Ozawa
as Kôta Kitô
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Katsuragi
Yūnosuke Itō
Ryō Ikebe
as Shôjirô Kotaki
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Wakako Tanabe
as Kito's maid B (uncredited)
Koreya Senda
Susumu Kurobe
Hōsei Komatsu
Noriko Sengoku
Kiyoko Hirai
Yoshiko Miyata
as Katsuyo Hisatsune
Haruo Suzuki
as Detective B (uncredited)
Tadao Nakamaru
as Detective Sawa
Kin Sugai
as Oseki
Kenzō Tabu
Hirayoshi Aono
