Junko Ikeuchi

  • Eizô Sugawa – Kemonomichi AKA Beast Alley (1965)

    1961-1970DramaEizô SugawaJapanMystery

    Tamiko works as a live-in maid in a modest ryokan, while her bed-ridden husband, Kanji, slowly deteriorates due to a cerebral disorder. He makes her home life increasingly miserable, but Tamiko keeps up appearances. One day, Kotani, a well-to-do hotel manager visits the ryokan, is struck by Tamiko, and hints that he wants to help her to escape from her current life.Read More »

  • Eizo Sugawa – Kemonomichi aka Beast Alley (1965)

    Eizô Sugawa1961-1970AsianJapanThriller

    Review from The Montreal Gazette – Jan 10, 1970
    BEAST ALLEY – directed by Eizo Sugawa; original Japanese version with English subtitles; at the Art Cinema

    The only real beast in Beast Alley is a black and white Great Dane, who is incidental to the plot. There are, however, a lot of humans who behave in a rather beastly manner.

    There’s a frustrated wife who burns her decrepit husband; an evil old man who preys on unhappy young women; a sinister villain who plays with gasoline and matches; and a host of unscrupulous, corrupt politicians and police detectives.Read More »

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