The Claws of the Divine Beast

Mystery, TV Movie

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Seijun Suzuki

Status Released

Release Date 1980-06-20

Storyline

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.