The Claws of the Divine Beast (1980)

Release Date: 1980-06-20
Runtime: 0h 45min
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Writer: Yasuhiro Sakurai

Based on a mystery by Taiwanese-Japanese author Chin Shun-shin. After two elderly men in Yokohama quarrel over a Tang dynasty artifact, one of the men turns up dead with mysterious claw marks across his face. A detective takes up the case, and uncovers secrets dating back to war crimes committed during Japan’s invasion of China in WWII.

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