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.
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White Beast Cast
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Tatsuya Ishiguro
He was 38, 54 years old when he died
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Eiji Okada
He was 29, 75 years old when he died
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So Yamamura
He was 40, 90 years old when he died
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Noriko Sengoku
She was 28, 90 years old when she died
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Tanie Kitabayashi
She was 39, 98 years old when she died
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Mayuri Mokushô
She was 20, now 94 years old
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Taizô Fukami
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Tsuruko Mano
She was 41, now 115 years old
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Chieko Nakakita
She was 24, 79 years old when she died
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Masao Shimizu
He was 41, 67 years old when he died
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Mitsuko Miura
She was 33, 52 years old when she died
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Aguri Hidaka
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White Beast Crew
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Masao Tamai as Director of Photography. He was 41 (88) years old when He died
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Camera |
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Tomoyuki Tanaka as Producer. He was 40 (86) years old when He died
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Production |
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Mikio Naruse as Director. He was 44 (63) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Mikio Naruse as Writer. He was 44 (63) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Akira Ifukube as Original Music Composer. He was 36 (91) years old when He died
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Sound |
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Motosada Nishiki as Writer. |
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