Love Beast: Attack! (1981)
Original title: 愛獣 襲る!
Love Beast: Attack! is a 1981 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Naosuke Kurosawa, with a running time of 1h 7m. It stars Jun Izumi, Rui Nonomura and Nenji Kobayashi.
A high school girl gets molested by her mother’s current lover. He is a sleazy detective working on the yakuza drug trade. The girl runs away from home but returns five years later with a newspaper article describing her mother’s apparent suicide. Within the corruption of a decaying shipping port she is determined to find the truth behind her mother’s death and what happened to her younger sister who had stayed behind.
Quick answers
What is Love Beast: Attack! about?
A high school girl gets molested by her mother’s current lover. He is a sleazy detective working on the yakuza drug trade. The girl runs away from home but returns five years later with a newspaper article describing her mother’s apparent suicide. Within the corruption of a decaying shipping port she is determined to find the truth behind her mother’s death and what happened to her younger sister who had stayed behind.
When was Love Beast: Attack! released?
Love Beast: Attack! was released on 24 July 1981.
How long is Love Beast: Attack!?
Love Beast: Attack! runs 1h 7m.
Who made Love Beast: Attack!?
Love Beast: Attack! was directed by Naosuke Kurosawa.
Cast
- Jun Izumi as Yu
- Rui Nonomura as Rui - Yu's Younger Sister
- Nenji Kobayashi as Kawamura
- Takashi Naito as Kiri
- Toshiyuki Fujikura as Shô
- Hidetoshi Kageyama as Sakai
- Eiju Kiriyama as Bartender
- Nobutaka Masutomi as Dosuken
- Toshikatsu Matsukaze as Akira
- Ushio Nishina as Yasu
- Rumi Tama as Maki
- Yudo Yoshikawa as Ukiko - Yu & Rui's Mother