Blind Beast
1969 · Movie · NC-17 · 84 min · ★ 6.5 · 95% critics
A blind sculptor, aided by his mother, abducts a young model and keeps her in a warehouse studio filled with oversized sculptures of body parts. Trapped in a world where touch replaces sight, she searches for a way out as obsession, desire, and control push their tense relationship into unsettling territory.
Based on Blind Beast
Also known as Warehouse
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Details
- Original title
- 盲獣
- Years
- 1969
- Release date
- 1969-01-25
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- NC-17
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (102 votes)
About
If you’re drawn to unsettling, surreal psychological horror with a claustrophobic, art-driven setting, this may click, especially if you like Kuroneko or Evil Dead Trap; Not for you if sexual violence themes and disturbing obsession are dealbreakers.
Pros: surreal studio setting; escalating psychological tension; bold, memorable premise | Cons: intense sexual violence themes; heavy nudity; deliberately bizarre tone
Themes
- bondage
- sexual obsession
- sadomasochism
- model
- based on short story
- aggressive
- blind man
- complex
- intense
Cast & crew
Eiji Funakoshi
as Michio
Mako Midori
as Aki
Noriko Sengoku
as Shino
Directed by Yasuzō Masumura