The Hateful Beast (1970)
Original title: 日本暴行暗黒史 怨獣
The Hateful Beast is a 1970 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Kōji Wakamatsu, with a running time of 1h 10m. It stars Noriko Tatsumi, Masayoshi Nogami and Hiroko Fuji.
In the Edo era, two man arrive in a village and engage in criminal activity. While one of them becomes successful and rich, the other gets betrayed and ends up in prison, burning for revenge. The truth changes with the viewpoint in this Wakamatsu film, which has inspired comparisons to Rashomon.