Blind Beast
盲獣
1969 · 1h 24m · Horror, Thriller · Japan · Rated NC-17 (US)
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 MasumuraWritten by
Yoshio Shirasaka6.3Smart score
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aggressivebased on short storyblind manbondagecomplexintensemodelsadomasochismsexual obsession
RatingNC-17 (US)
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