Blind Beast vs. Dwarf

2001 film by Teruo Ishii

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Blind Beast vs. Dwarf 盲獣vs一寸法師

Directed by	Teruo Ishii
Written by	Teruo Ishii Edogawa Rampo (original story by novels)
Produced by	Teruo Ishii
Starring	Lily Franky Shinya Tsukamoto Tetsurō Tamba
Cinematography	Teruo Ishii
Edited by	Masaki Yaguchi Akiko Yamashita
Music by	Chika Fujino Haru Oooka
Production company	Teruo Ishii Production
Distributed by	Teruo Ishii Production / Slow Learner
Release date	24 June 2001 (2001年06月24日)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Blind Beast vs. Dwarf (盲獣vs一寸法師, Mōjū tai Issunbōshi) a.k.a. Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf is a 2001 Japanese horror film directed by Teruo Ishii in his final effort before his death in 2005.^[1]

Mieko Tanaka, elected to the Diet in the 2009 Japanese general election, appears in a role that includes a nude scene. This precipitated a surge in its sales that year.^[2]

Plot

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While returning home after viewing an all-girls opera, dime-novel writer Monzo Kobayashi encounters a strange deformed dwarf dressed in samurai garb carrying a woman's severed arm. Unnerved yet fascinated by the encounter, Monzō begins his own research into dwarfs including the mysterious samurai-clad man. Introduced to investigator Kogoro Akechi by an old friend, Monzō learns about a string of grisly murders involving the same man whom Monzō had encountered. As time wears on, Monzō's fascination soon becomes an obsession as he desperately tries to find the secret behind the murders and the strange man.