The Beast to Die

The incessant examples of man's inhumanity to man that he chronicled finally caused war photojournalist Kunihiko Date (Yusaku Matsuda) to snap-and sent him on a binge of murder and robbery that had the police flummoxed. As he plots an audacious commercial bank heist, can the attentions of a chance encounter (Asami Kobayashi) break through to his last vestiges of decency? Toru Murakawa's intense thriller also stars Takeshi Kaga, Hideo Murota. 119 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Japanese; Subtitles: English; featurettes. In Japanese with English subtitles.