The Sleeping Beast Within
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A newspaper reporter's search for his girlfriend's missing father lead him into heart of the criminal underworld of Yokohama's Chinatown.
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Cast
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Hiroyuki Nagato
Shotaro Kasai
Known for
Pigs and Battleships
The Insect Woman
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Keiko Ueki
Known for
Ponyo
When Marnie Was There
Akira Suzuki
Seijun Suzuki
Also in
Cold Fever
La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine
Takiko Mizunoe
Also in
The Invisible Man Appears
Sandakan No. 8
Itaru Kikumura
Shoichi Ozawa
Reporter Horibe
Known for
The Pornographers
The Ballad of Narayama
Hajime Kaburagi
Ichirō Ikeda
Shinsuke Ashida
Junpei Ueki
Known for
Red Angel
Crazed Fruit
Shigeyoshi Mine
Hisano Yamaoka
Hisa Ueki
Also in
Nishi Ginza Station
Making It Through
Seijun Suzuki Director · Ichirō Ikeda Screenplay Itaru Kikumura Story
First release April 9, 1960 · Produced in Japan · Original title けものの眠り
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production
Japan
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Original title
けものの眠り
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 9, 1960
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
October 15, 2013 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Seijun Suzuki (Moscow)
Singapore
September 5, 2016 · Japanese Film Festival Singapore
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