Mōjū /

A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio -- a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual obsession is acted out in a world where sight is replaced by touch.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Mōjū (Motion picture)
Main Author:	Edogawa, Ranpo, 1894-1965 (Author)
Corporate Author:	Daiei Kabushiki Kaisha (1945-1971) (film production company.)
Other Authors:	Shirasaka, Yoshio, 1932-2015 (Screenwriter), Funakoshi, Eiji (Actor), Midori, Mako, 1944- (Actor), Sengoku, Noriko (Actor), Jacobowitz, Seth (Commentator), Rayns, Tony (Commentator), Jackson, Earl, 1954- (Commentator)
Format:	Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:	Japanese
Language Notes:	In Japanese ; with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[Hertfordshire, United Kingdom] : Arrow Video, 2021.
Subjects:	Kidnapping > Japan > Drama. Artists' models > Japan > Drama. Murder > Japan > Drama. Paraphilias > Japan > Drama. Rape > Japan > Drama. Sadism > Japan > Drama. Sculptors > Japan > Drama. Suicide > Japan > Drama. Artists' models. Feature films. Kidnapping. Murder. Paraphilias. Rape. Sadism. Sculptors. Suicide. Japan. Horror films. Erotic films. Foreign films. Motion pictures, Japanese. Drama.

Description
Summary:	A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio -- a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual obsession is acted out in a world where sight is replaced by touch. "Blind Beast is a masterpiece of erotic horror that explores the all-encompassing and overwhelming relationship between the artist and his art and the obsessive closed world that the artist inhabits, with maestro director Yasuzo Masumura (Giants and Toys, Irezumi) conjuring up a hallucinogenic dreamworld in which sensual and creative urges combine with a feverish intensity."--Arrow Films (publisher).
Item Description:	"Release Date: 23/08/2021"--Publisher website. Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. Wide screen (2.35:1 ). Booklet (27 pages ; color illustrations) with credits, notes on transfer, Yasuzo Masumura filmography, and an essay in English by Virginie Selavy inserted in container [first pressing only]. Special features include: new audio commentary by Asian cinema scholar Earl Jackson, filmed introduction by Japanese cinema expert Tony Rayns, Blind Beast: Masumura the Supersensualist, a brand new visual essay by Japanese literature and visual studies scholar Seth Jacobowitz.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages ; 15 cm).
Format:	Blu-ray disc; region A ; 1080 full HD presentation ; aspect ratio : 2.35:1 ; Dolby1.0 mono sound format ; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:	Rating: Not rated ; British rating:18+.
Production Credits:	Produced by Kazumasa Nakano ; original story by Edogawa Ranpo ; screenplay by Yoshio Shirasaka ; cinematography by Setsuo Kobayashi ; music by Hikaru Hayashi ; directed by Yasuzo Masumura.