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
Sen Yano
as Koizumi
Ryō Ikebe
as Shôjirô Kotaki
Susumu Kurobe
Kenzō Tabu
Katsumi Tezuka
as Fukami
Keiju Kobayashi
as Detective Hisatsune
Eitarō Ozawa
as Kôta Kitô
Kin Sugai
as Oseki
Hideo Shibuya
Haruo Suzuki
as Detective B (uncredited)
Gen Shimizu
Yūnosuke Itō
Tadao Nakamaru
as Detective Sawa
Kiyoko Hirai
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Wakako Tanabe
as Kito's maid B (uncredited)
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Katsuragi
Takamaru Sasaki
as Dietman Okamura
Koreya Senda
Wataru Ōmae
as Hotel bartender (uncredited)
Junko Ikeuchi
as Tamiko Narisawa
Yoshio Inaba
Noriko Sengoku
Hōsei Komatsu
Akio Kusama
Yoshiko Miyata
as Katsuyo Hisatsune
Hirayoshi Aono
Tōru Ibuki
as Young man 1
Keiichirō Katsumoto
as (uncredited)
Michiko Ōtsuka