Blind Beast vs. Dwarf

2001 film by Teruo Ishii

24 June 2001 (2001-06-24)

Running time

95 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Blind Beast vs. Dwarf (盲獣vs一寸法師, Mōjū tai Issunbōshi) aka Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf is a 2001 Japanese horror film directed by Teruo Ishii in his final effort before his death, in 2005.^[1]

Mieko Tanaka, elected to the Diet in the 2009 Japanese general election, appears in a role that includes a nude scene. This precipitated a surge in its sales that year.^[2]

Plot

While returning home after viewing an all-girls opera, dime-novel writer Monzo Kobayashi encounters a strange deformed dwarf dressed in samurai garb carrying a woman's severed arm. Unnerved yet fascinated by the encounter, Monzō begins his own research into dwarfs including the mysterious samurai-clad man. Introduced to investigator Kogoro Akechi by an old friend, Monzō learns about a string of grisly murders involving the same man whom Monzō had encountered. As time wears on, Monzō's fascination soon becomes an obsession as he desperately tries to find the secret behind the murders and the strange man.

Cast

Lily Franky as Monzō Kobayashi
Shin'ya Tsukamoto as Kogorō Akechi
Hisayoshi Hirayama as Mōjuu / Blind Beast
Little Frankie as Issunbōshi / Dwarf
Mutsumi Fujita as Ranko Mizuki
Reika Hashimoto as Yurie Yamano
Tetsurō Tanba as Dr. Tange
Kenpachirō Satsuma as Yasukawa, the doll-maker

Release

Home media

The film was released on DVD by Panik House Entertainment on August 22, 2006.^[3] It was later released by Synapse Films on September 29, 2009.^[4]

References

^ 盲獣vs一寸法師. Agency for Cultural Affairs (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-09-21.
^ tokyoreporter.com 2009/09/17
^ "Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf (2001) - Teruo Ishii". Allmovie.com. Allmovie. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
^ "Amazon.com: Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf: Lily Franky, Teruo Ishii: Movies & TV". Amazon.com. Amazon. 23 November 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2018.