Release Date

03 Jun, 1950

Runtime

01:37: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and estranged lovers. With its cat fights, hysterical tantrums, film noir lighting, and dramatic music, White Beast is indicative of the new influences of the Hollywood psychological thriller on Naruse. Caged (John Cromwell, 1950) initiated a cycle of women's prison movies in the United States that may or may not have been shown in Japan, but the stylistics of White Beast draw on the same paranoid woman's films and film noir conventions that preceded the American cycle.

Original Title

白い野獣

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Actors

三浦光子

山村聰

岡田英次

Kimiko Iino

中北千枝子

木匠マユリ

千石規子

清水将夫

石黒達也

深見泰三

長浜藤夫

北林谷栄

Yûko Matsui

出雲八重子

馬野都留子

Haruko Ashida

Hideko Yanoshima

Mie Asô

Haruko Toyama

Chizuko Okamura

Kinuko Kazami

Crew

成瀬巳喜男

Motosada Nishikame

成瀬巳喜男

田中友幸

Yoshiharu Bandô

Tōtetsu Hirakawa

Masao Takeda

Teruo Maki

Masayoshi Kawanishi

Chôshichirô Mikami

Hyakumi Shima

玉井正夫

伊福部昭