Elegant Beast

moderate sex references, abusive behaviour, suicide, strong language

Director(s)Yuzo Kawashima

Production year1962

Genre(s)Comedy

Approx. running minutes96m

CastAyako Wakao, Eiji Funakoshi, Yûko Hamada, Hideo Takamatsu, Manamitsu Kawabata, Yûnosuke Itô, Hisano Yamaoka, Kyû Sazanka, Shôichi Ozawa, Chôchô Miyako, Yûzô Kawashima, Kaneto Shindô, Masateru Mikuma, Osamu Yoneda, Sei Ikeno, Nobuo Munekawa, Tatsuji Nakashizu

Elegant Beast

moderate sex references, abusive behaviour, suicide, strong language

ELEGANT BEAST is a Japanese comedy drama, from 1962, in which a family of con artists ward off those seeking compensatio ...

ELEGANT BEAST is a Japanese comedy drama, from 1962, in which a family of con artists ward off those seeking compensation for a recent embezzlement, whilst keeping their other schemes alive.

violence

There are verbal references to a man getting drunk, violent and insisting an ex-partner kiss him and show him parts of her body.

language

There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('whore', 'bastard', 'arse', 'bullshit'). There is also use of the discrimination term 'sissy'.

sex

There are references to a man writing about a woman in a 'pornographic' way, which includes references to caressing, licking and moaning. There are also repeated references to sex work.

suicide and self-harm

A man stands on the edge of a building before it is subtly implied he takes his own life.

sexual violence and sexual threat

A man suggests that another views him as brutish, suggesting he's seen as someone who would forcefully strip women.

moderate sex references, abusive behaviour, suicide, strong language

Classified Date:

09/10/2023

Version:

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Radiance Films

violence

There are verbal references to a man getting drunk, violent and insisting an ex-partner kiss him and show him parts of her body.

language

There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('whore', 'bastard', 'arse', 'bullshit'). There is also use of the discrimination term 'sissy'.

sex

There are references to a man writing about a woman in a 'pornographic' way, which includes references to caressing, licking and moaning. There are also repeated references to sex work.

suicide and self-harm

A man stands on the edge of a building before it is subtly implied he takes his own life.

sexual violence and sexual threat

A man suggests that another views him as brutish, suggesting he's seen as someone who would forcefully strip women.

Classified date09/05/2023

LanguageJapanese

violence

There are verbal references to a man getting drunk, violent and insisting an ex-partner kiss him and show him parts of her body.

language

There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('whore', 'bastard', 'arse', 'bullshit'). There is also use of the discrimination term 'sissy'.

sex

There are references to a man writing about a woman in a 'pornographic' way, which includes references to caressing, licking and moaning. There are also repeated references to sex work.

suicide and self-harm

A man stands on the edge of a building before it is subtly implied he takes his own life.

sexual violence and sexual threat

A man suggests that another views him as brutish, suggesting he's seen as someone who would forcefully strip women.

Director(s)Yuzo Kawashima

Production year1962

Genre(s)Comedy

Approx. running minutes96m

moderate sex references, abusive behaviour, suicide, strong language

Classified Date:

09/10/2023

Version:

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Radiance Films

violence

There are verbal references to a man getting drunk, violent and insisting an ex-partner kiss him and show him parts of her body.

language

There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('whore', 'bastard', 'arse', 'bullshit'). There is also use of the discrimination term 'sissy'.

sex

There are references to a man writing about a woman in a 'pornographic' way, which includes references to caressing, licking and moaning. There are also repeated references to sex work.

suicide and self-harm

A man stands on the edge of a building before it is subtly implied he takes his own life.

sexual violence and sexual threat

A man suggests that another views him as brutish, suggesting he's seen as someone who would forcefully strip women.

Classified date09/05/2023

LanguageJapanese