Elegant Beast
1962·Drama·1h 36m
7.1
★
A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover there are other, equally conniving players involved.
Directed by Yūzō Kawashima
japanese family
apartment
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Cast
Ayako Wakao
Yukie Mitani
Eiji Funakoshi
Eisaku Kamiya
Yūko Hamada
Tomoko Maeda
Hideo Takamatsu
Ichiro Katori
Yūnosuke Itō
Tokizo Maeda
Hisano Yamaoka
Yoshino Maeda
Kyū Sazanka
Shuntaro Yoshizawa
Shoichi Ozawa
Paburisuta Pinosaku
Chōchō Miyako
Madame Yuki
Crew
Yūzō Kawashima
Director
Kaneto Shindō
Screenplay
Sei Ikeno
Original Music Composer
Noriaki Yuasa
First Assistant Director
Kaneto Shindō
Original Story
Popular Reviews
7 reviews
Meja
9.0★ · 02/16/26
Oh how I love movies that take place in one setting. It really brings you into the scene in a way most movies can’t.
Elegant Beast is a great example of this. The characters express themselves openly as if no one is there, while in reality another family member is always hiding in another room, listening to their “private” conversation. As a viewer that is exactly what I am doing too. In a movie you can never truly be alone, just like how you’re never truly alone in the Maeda family’s house.
I’ve wanted to watch this for so long and it surely did not disappoint!
Elegant Beast is a great example of this. The characters express themselves openly as if no one is there, while in reality another family member is always hiding in another room, listening to their “private” conversation. As a viewer that is exactly what I am doing too. In a movie you can never truly be alone, just like how you’re never truly alone in the Maeda family’s house.
I’ve wanted to watch this for so long and it surely did not disappoint!
Oh how I love movies that take place in one setting. It really brings you into the scene in a way most movies can’t.
Elegant Beast is a great example of this. The characters express themselves openly as if no one is there, while in reality another family member is always hiding in another room, listening to their “private” conversation. As a viewer that is exactly what I am doing too. In a movie you can never truly be alone, just like how you’re never truly alone in the Maeda family’s house.
I’ve wanted to watch this for so long and it surely did not disappoint!
Elegant Beast is a great example of this. The characters express themselves openly as if no one is there, while in reality another family member is always hiding in another room, listening to their “private” conversation. As a viewer that is exactly what I am doing too. In a movie you can never truly be alone, just like how you’re never truly alone in the Maeda family’s house.
I’ve wanted to watch this for so long and it surely did not disappoint!
alex glifford
8.0★ · 05/31/25
Fantastic writing, I love a film all filmed in one space
Very effective simple execution of a lot of ideas here, and a lot of claustrophobic obscuring of the frame and all that type stuff type stuff
Leaves a lot to love and definitely sets the vibe nicely and hammers it in but lowk leaves a little I was desiring
Nothing deal breaking at all but I feel like you can see where things could’ve been spiced up a bit or made a bit more interesting technicality wise
Otherwise really awesome clear influence on Parasite even in the symbolism
That was super neat
This was really great
Very effective simple execution of a lot of ideas here, and a lot of claustrophobic obscuring of the frame and all that type stuff type stuff
Leaves a lot to love and definitely sets the vibe nicely and hammers it in but lowk leaves a little I was desiring
Nothing deal breaking at all but I feel like you can see where things could’ve been spiced up a bit or made a bit more interesting technicality wise
Otherwise really awesome clear influence on Parasite even in the symbolism
That was super neat
This was really great
Fantastic writing, I love a film all filmed in one space
Very effective simple execution of a lot of ideas here, and a lot of claustrophobic obscuring of the frame and all that type stuff type stuff
Leaves a lot to love and definitely sets the vibe nicely and hammers it in but lowk leaves a little I was desiring
Nothing deal breaking at all but I feel like you can see where things could’ve been spiced up a bit or made a bit more interesting technicality wise
Otherwise really awesome clear influence on Parasite even in the symbolism
That was super neat
This was really great
Very effective simple execution of a lot of ideas here, and a lot of claustrophobic obscuring of the frame and all that type stuff type stuff
Leaves a lot to love and definitely sets the vibe nicely and hammers it in but lowk leaves a little I was desiring
Nothing deal breaking at all but I feel like you can see where things could’ve been spiced up a bit or made a bit more interesting technicality wise
Otherwise really awesome clear influence on Parasite even in the symbolism
That was super neat
This was really great
Justin Bunka
9.0★ · 04/21/25
“Lighting has lost all its character” Man, ain’t that the truth.
Unbelievably impressive to make a 90 minute film set in a one room apartment that consistently had me going “damn” at lighting, blocking, shot composition. There’s so much going on here.
Good for her.
Unbelievably impressive to make a 90 minute film set in a one room apartment that consistently had me going “damn” at lighting, blocking, shot composition. There’s so much going on here.
Good for her.
“Lighting has lost all its character” Man, ain’t that the truth.
Unbelievably impressive to make a 90 minute film set in a one room apartment that consistently had me going “damn” at lighting, blocking, shot composition. There’s so much going on here.
Good for her.
Unbelievably impressive to make a 90 minute film set in a one room apartment that consistently had me going “damn” at lighting, blocking, shot composition. There’s so much going on here.
Good for her.
MSKD
9.0★ · 05/13/26
Garrett
8.3★ · 12/12/25