A Savage Beast Goes Mad

A Savage Beast Goes Mad

A Savage Beast Goes Mad

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A Savage Beast Goes Mad

1976

1h 18m

6.9(7 votes)

Action

Drama

Crime

Overview

Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has kept secret that he is visually impaired, and he is fired. Without the prospect of returning to his old job he makes a plan to rob several jewelry stores. A few days later, Hayami escapes with stolen goods worth 80 million yen in a violin case on a Kyoto city bus. A wild chase ensues.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Tsunehiko Watase

Tsunehiko Watase

Shin Hayami

Maki Tachibana

Kaoru Tachibana

Takuzō Kawatani

Takuzō Kawatani

Saburo Tanimura

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

Shimosaka

Jun Hoshino

Miyoko Iwasaki

Ryuji Katagiri

Ryuji Katagiri

Toshio Kirino

Masako Araki

Masae Toda

Masataka Iwao

Masataka Iwao

Kitamura

Kan Mikami

Kan Mikami

Singer

Mihoko Nakagawa

Harumi Kobayashi

Creative team

Directed by: Sadao Nakajima
Written by: Sadao Nakajima
Kiyohide Ohara

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