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The Blue Beast

1960 film

The Blue Beast (青い野獣, Aoi Yajū) is a 1960 Japanese film directed by Hiromichi Horikawa. The film is about a former leftist activist Yashuhiko Kuroki (Tatsuya Nakadai) who becomes a right wing opportunist by betraying his co-workers and friends during a strike.[2]

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Release

The Blue Beast was distributed in Japan by Toho on 26 June 1960.[1] The film was released in the United States by Toho International with English subtitles on January 29, 1965.[1]

Reception

"Robe." of Variety described the film as a Japanese variation of A Room at the Top. The review praised Nakadai in the role while noting "impressive performances" by Yoko Tsukasa and Keiko Awaji and Koreya Senda.[3]

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Galbraith IV 2008, p. 171.
  2. [2]
    "青い野獣". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. [3]
    Variety's Film Reviews 1964-1967. Vol. 11. R. R. Bowker. 1983. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "February 3, 1965". ISBN 0-8352-2790-1.

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