Shiroi yajû (1950)


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1h 37min | Drama | Jun 3, 1950 | Released

The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and estranged lovers. With its cat fights, hysterical tantrums, film noir lighting, and dramatic music, White Beast is indicative of the new influences of the Hollywood psychological thriller on Naruse. Caged (John Cromwell, 1950) initiated a cycle of women's prison movies in the United States that may or may not have been shown in Japan, but the stylistics of White Beast draw on the same paranoid woman's films and film noir conventions that preceded the American cycle.

Director: Mikio Naruse

Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka

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Masao Tamai

Director of Photography

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Mikio Naruse

Director

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Akira Ifukube

Original Music Composer

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Tôtetsu Hirakawa

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Masao Takeda

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Teruo Maki

Production Manager

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Masayoshi Kawanishi

Assistant Art Director

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Chôshichirô Mikami

Sound Editor

Profile Masao Tamai Director of Photography
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