The Claws of the Divine Beast

Name: The Claws of the Divine Beast
Genre: Mystery, TV Movie
Released: 1980-06-20
Duration: 45 min
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Naoko Ohtani, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Kondō, Yuki Kimura, Isamu Nagato

19800h 45mJapanese

Mystery TV Movie

Ratist Community Rating

6.0

Based on a mystery by Taiwanese-Japanese author Chin Shun-shin. After two elderly men in Yokohama quarrel over a Tang dynasty artifact, one of the men turns up dead with mysterious claw marks across his face. A detective takes up the case, and uncovers secrets dating back to war crimes committed during Japan’s invasion of China in WWII.

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StatusReleased

Release Date1980-06-20

DirectorSeijun Suzuki

ScreenplayYasuhiro Sakurai