THE ELEGANT BEAST

• THE FILM IN HD BASED ON A NEW 4K RESTORATION (96 MIN)
• BLU-RAY - 1920x1080 23.976P
• JAPANESE DTS-HD MASTER AUDIO 2.0 (BD) / DOLBY DIGITAL 2.0 (DVD)

SUMMARY : A product of Japan's frantic capitalism, the Maeda family is prepared to commit any scam to maintain its material comfort in a small Tokyo apartment. Greedy and devious, both parents and children exploit each other without the slightest scruples... until they encounter someone more deceitful and manipulative than themselves.

ABOUT THE FILM : WRITTEN BY KANETO SHINDO, THE ELEGANT BEAST IS A DELICIOUS SOCIAL SATIRE WHOSE VIRULENCE IS ON A PARENT OF THE GREAT ITALIAN COMEDIES. THIS CLOSED-DOOR SETTING OFFERS A VERTIGINAL EXERCISE IN STYLE WITHOUT EVER REPLICATING THE SAME SETTING TO HIGHLIGHT THE TREacherous MANIPULATIONS OF CON ARTISTS DAZZLED BY THE FASCINATING AYAKO WAKAO. YUZO KAWAHISMA PROVES THAT HE WAS NOT JUST THE FORERUNNER OF THE JAPANESE NEW WAVE, BUT ONE OF ITS MOST INSPIRED AND INSPIRING AUTHORS.

BONUS :
• FILM PRESENTATION BY BASTIAN MEIRESONNE (29 MN)
• KAWASHIMA, THE LEGACY (34 MN)
• TRAILER