Elegant Beast
Trailer: Elegant Beast
Year: 1962
Studio: Daiei Film
Director: Yūzō Kawashima
Cast: Ayako Wakao, Yūnosuke Itō, Hisano Yamaoka, Yūko Hamada, Eiji Funakoshi, Shoichi Ozawa
Crew: Yūzō Kawashima (Director), Tatsuji Nakashizu (Editor), Noriaki Yuasa (First Assistant Director), Sei Ikeno (Original Music Composer), Kaneto Shindō (Screenplay), Kenichi Nishii (Sound Recordist)
Runtime: 96 minutes
Release: Dec 26, 1962
IMDb: 7.10/10 by 17 users
Popularity: 0
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0

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