The Claws of the Divine Beast

Name: The Claws of the Divine Beast
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Genre: Mystery, TV Movie
Released: 1980-06-20
Rating: 6
Cast: Naoko Ohtani, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Kondō, Yuki Kimura, Isamu Nagato

Original title: 神獣の爪

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Synopsis

Based on a mystery by Taiwanese-Japanese author Chin Shun-shin. After two elderly men in Yokohama quarrel over a Tang dynasty artifact, one of the men turns up dead with mysterious claw marks across his face. A detective takes up the case, and uncovers secrets dating back to war crimes committed during Japan’s invasion of China in WWII.