Here's a movie full of great horror leaning psychodrama, incredible production design bordering on the surreal, and incredibly provocative questions exploring sex, art, power, pleasure, purpose, and the deeper dynamics of human relationships. And talk about a truly amazing, shocking finale that elevates it all to even more dizzying heights of transgressive storytelling and filmmaking. Yasuzo Masumura is definitely turning into a new favorite director, and even if Blind Beast is a less serious or significant venture than the other two films I've seen from him, it was a great and wild experience. My god do I love wild Japanese movies!

I had no idea it existed until Arrow released it. Even though I'm Japanese! Older Japanese productions, or more specifically pre-1970s minority productions, are now out of date, lurking in the shadows and no longer making their appearance on the front page. Of course, they might have been seen normally from the mid-'80s, when VHS was in its heyday, to the video upheaval of the '90s. But even in those days, the mainstream productions were made by major production companies and probably lurked in the shadows, out of sight. Hidden masterpieces are now generally from abroad. This film is one of them. Although it is now available on DVD, the picture quality is, needless to say, outstandingly clear on Blu-ray. There is nothing to say about the colour, grain or texture. If only the bonus features had Japanese subtitles, it would be perfect. Thank you for providing us with a wonderful treasure. I want to treasure it because Japanese marketers are slow and the bonus tracks are poor and expensive.