Blind Beast

Blind Beast

NC-17 1969 · 84 min · ★ 6.5 · Thriller, Horror

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 and sexual obsession is acted out in world where sight is replaced by touch.

Directed by Yasuzō Masumura · Written by Yoshio Shirasaka

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