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Yajû shisubeshi

IMDb ID: tt0314913 · Year: 1980 · Rating: 6.7 (324 votes)

Genres: Drama · Crime · Action

A journalist steals a gun from a cop after killing him and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesCanada: The Beast to Die (English)
Germany: The Beast to Die
France: The Beast to Die
United States: The Beast to Die
World-wide: The Beast to Die (English)
Japan: The Beast Must Die (English, DVD box title)
Russia: Зверю дОлжно умереть
Japan: 野獣死すべし(1980) (Japanese)
The Beast to Die
Release Date1980-10-04Runtime119 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews2Critic Reviews6Countries / RegionsJapanLanguagesJapaneseKeywordsfemale topless nudity
female masturbation
killing spree
psycho
armed robbery
Production CompaniesKadokawa Haruki Jimusho
Toei Company
IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314913/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0314913.jpgUpdated At2026-07-20T19:35:52

Stars

Yûsaku Matsuda
Asami Kobayashi
Toshie Negishi
Morio Kazama
Kōichi Iwaki
Yutaka Hayashi
Kai Atô
Michihiro Yamanishi
Toby Kadoguchi
Eimei Esumi

Directors

Tōru Murakawa

Writers

Haruhiko Ôyabu
Shoichi Maruyama

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Yûsaku Matsuda | Character: Kunihiko Date
Actor: Asami Kobayashi | Character: Reiko Hanada
Actor: Toshie Negishi | Character: Yukie Hara
Actor: Morio Kazama | Character: Nogi
Actor: Kōichi Iwaki | Character: Youki
Actor: Yutaka Hayashi | Character: Actor
Actor: Kai Atô | Character: Tojo
Actor: Michihiro Yamanishi | Character: Kuroiwa
Actor: Toby Kadoguchi | Character: Okutsu
Actor: Eimei Esumi | Character: Umezu
Actor: Rikiya Yasuoka | Character: Minehara
Actor: Rei Okamoto | Character: Erika
Actor: Mariya Satsuki | Character: Actor
Actor: Izumi Asuka | Character: Actress
Actor: Botan Senba | Character: Actress
Actor: Hitomi Yoshioka | Character: Ishitori
Actor: Hiroshi Shimizu | Character: Bank security
Actor: Toshio Tomogane | Character: Actor
Actor: Ryô Kusanagi | Character: Actor
Actor: Osamu Tsuruoka | Character: Actor
Actor: Kunio Shimizu | Character: Actor
Actor: Daiki Katô | Character: Hirai
Actor: Shinji Sekikawa | Character: Shirai
Actor: Gôzô Sôma | Character: Actor
Actor: Takeshige Hatanaka | Character: Actor
Actor: Shin'ichi Yoshimiya | Character: Actor
Actor: Hajime Tanimoto | Character: Actor
Actor: Shinsuke Nagata | Character: Actor
Actor: Yuki Yukie | Character: Actress
Actor: Mari Hirano | Character: Actress
Actor: Miyoko Yoshikawa | Character: Actress
Actor: Noriko Watanabe | Character: Actress
Actor: Kumiko Ishida | Character: Actress
Actor: Futami Matsuka | Character: Actor
Actor: Tatsuya Hamaguchi | Character: Actor
Actor: Tatsumi Nikamoto | Character: Actor
Actor: Tamaki Komiyama | Character: Actor
Actor: Eisuke Izumi | Character: Actor
Actor: Kensuke Tamai | Character: Actor
Actor: Kensuke Shimamura | Character: Actor
Actor: Shigeru Izumiya | Character: Kobayashi
Actor: Yôko Maeno | Character: Sara
Actor: Kōjirō Kusanagi | Character: Nagatomo
Actor: Yoshirō Aoki | Character: Okada
Actor: Kei Satō | Character: Endo
Actor: Hideo Murota | Character: Hideyuki Kashiwagi
Actor: Takeshi Kaga | Character: Sanada
Actor: Miyoko Furukawa | Character: Depository staff
Actor: Kenji Shimamura | Character: Middle-aged man under guard
Actor: Hirokazu Inoue | Character: Tachibana
Actor: Haruki Kadokawa | Character: Cop
Actor: Yoshio Katsube | Character: University Accounting Department staff
Actor: Kazuo Katô | Character: Baba
Actor: Yoshi Katô | Character: Ryunosuke Kanematsu
Actor: Hōsei Komatsu | Character: Yusuke Yajima
Actor: Toshio Kurosawa | Character: Junichi Shoda
Actor: Akemi Mari | Character: Noriko Yajima
Actor: Mako Midori | Character: Kimiko Wakazuki
Actor: Kunio Murai | Character: Masayuki Yajima

[Directors Group]
Name: Tōru Murakawa | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Haruhiko Ôyabu | Role: Writer
Name: Shoichi Maruyama | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Haruki Kadokawa | Role: Producer
Name: Mitsuru Kurosawa | Role: Producer
Name: Tatsurō Shigaki | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Akihiko Takashima | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Seizô Sengen | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Osamu Tanaka | Role: Editor

[Production Design Group]
Name: Tsutomu Imamura | Role: Production Designer

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Tsutomu Imamura | Role: Art Director

[Production Management]
Name: Katsuhiko Aoki | Role: Production Manager
Name: Tsutomu Yamamoto | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Yônosuke Koike | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Sound Department]
Name: Saburô Sakai | Role: Sound Department

[Stunts]
Name: Toby Kadoguchi | Role: Stunts
Name: Satoru Matsuo | Role: Stunts

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Mitsuo Watanabe | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Music Department]
Name: Harumi Hanafusa | Role: Music Department
Name: Chiaki Murakawa | Role: Music Department
Name: Hitoshi Okano | Role: Music Department
Name: Tadao Takakuwa | Role: Music Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Haruko Imamura | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Toby Kadoguchi | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tetsuya Kawaguchi | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Yôko Komatsubara | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314913/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Japan: October 4, 1980
United States: August 20, 2023 (Roxie Theatre, San Francisco, premiere)

Awards

Winner | 1981 | Yokohama Film Festival | Festival Prize | Best Screenplay | Shoichi Maruyama, The Terrible Couple, The Beast to Die

Box Office

No box office data listed on IMDb.