Dumbeast
6.4
How hard is it to kill an idiot? Just ask Kudo Kankuro! The acclaimed screenwriter brings his 2004 Kunio Kishida-winning stage play Donju (a.k.a. Dumb Animal) to the big screen in all its wacky tragicomedic glory. The one and only Asano Tadanobu sports a seriously nerdy bowl haircut to play the leading role of simple-minded novelist Dekogawa who has mysteriously disappeared. Dekogawa wrote an autobiography about his youth that reveals not only his past, but also some of his childhood friends’ best-forgotten secrets. In order to keep the skeletons in the closet, these buddies of yesteryear try to silence him permanently. But no matter how hard they try to kill Dekogawa, he just keeps coming back – because he’s simply too thickheaded to die!
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Cast
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Tadanobu Asano
Dekogawa
Known for
Shōgun
Thor: The Dark World
Kazuki Kitamura
Chi Edajima
Known for
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
Aimi Satsukawa
Nora
Known for
Sadako vs. Kayako
A Story of Yonosuke
Yusuke Santamaria
Okamoto
Known for
Giovanni's Island
Doppelgänger
Yoko Maki
Shizuka
Known for
Like Father, Like Son
After the Storm
Yoko Minamino
Mama Junko
Known for
Kamen Rider
Hanzawa Naoki
Takao Handa
Known for
Norwegian Wood
Hirotaro Honda
Known for
Kamen Rider
Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe
Akio Iwahara
Also in
Quartet
Kyusaku Shimada
Known for
House of Ninjas
Shin Ultraman
Jun Tsuchiuchi
Mr. Hide Director · Kankuro Kudo Writer Toru Midorikawa Composer
First release May 16, 2009 · Produced in Japan · Production PARCO, Spoon.
Production
GAGA Corporation
Production
PARCO
Production
Spoon.
Production
TV Tokyo
Production
DAYTORA ENTERTAINMENT
Production
Toei Video Company
Production
Geneon Universal Entertainment
Production
TOEI CHANNEL
Production
TV Osaka
Production
Yahoo! Japan
Production
Japan
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Original title
鈍獣
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 16, 2009
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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