a.k.a. Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf is a 2001 Japanese horror film directed by Teruo Ishii in his final effort before his death in 2005.
Mieko Tanaka, elected to the Diet in the 2009 Japanese general election, appears in a role that includes a nude scene. This precipitated a surge in its sales that year.tokyoreporter.com 2009/09/17
Plot While returning home after viewing an all-girls opera, dime-novel writer Monzo Kobayashi encounters a strange deformed dwarf dressed in samurai garb carrying a woman's severed arm. Unnerved yet fascinated by the encounter, Monzō begins his own research into dwarfs including the mysterious samurai-clad man. Introduced to investigator Kogoro Akechi by an old friend, Monzō learns about a string of grisly murders involving the same man whom Monzō had encountered. As time wears on, Monzō's fascination soon becomes an obsession as he desperately tries to find the secret behind the murders and the strange man.
Cast Lily Franky as Monzō Kobayashi Shin'ya Tsukamoto as Kogorō Akechi Hisayoshi Hirayama as Mōjuu / Blind Beast Little Frankie as Issunbōshi / Dwarf Mutsumi Fujita as Ranko Mizuki Reika Hashimoto as Yurie Yamano Tetsurō Tanba as Dr. Tange Kenpachirō Satsuma as Yasukawa, the doll-maker
Release
Home media The film was released on DVD by Panik House Entertainment on August 22, 2006. It was later released by Synapse Films on September 29, 2009.
See also Horrors of Malformed Men
References
External links
- Japanese Movie Database