Inju, la bête dans l'ombre
2008 Mystery / Thriller   
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Starring: Benoît Magimel, Lika Minamoto, Shun Sugata, Maurice Bénichou, Takumi Bando
 
Summary
Alex Fayard, a successful writer of crime fiction, arrives in Japan to promote his latest book.  He takes advantage of this visit to look up Shundei Oe, the celebrated Japanese writer who inspired him in his career.   Oe is a renowned recluse, a strange man that virtually no one knows, although his books suggest he is someone with a perverse and dangerous imagination.  In Kyoto, Alex is irresistibly drawn to beautiful Geisha named Tamao, who has received death threats from her former lover...

Credits
  • Director: Barbet Schroeder
  • Script: Eitan Arrusi, Jean-Armand Bougrelle, Rampo Edogawa (novel), Frédérique Henri, Barbet Schroeder
  • Photo: Luciano Tovoli
  • Music: Jorge Arriagada
  • Cast: Benoît Magimel (Alex Fayard), Lika Minamoto (Tamao), Shun Sugata (Inspecteur Fuji), Maurice Bénichou (L’agent d’Alex Fayard), Takumi Bando (Japanese Pimp), Toshi Fujiwara (Toyama – the interpreter), Tomonobu Fukui, Ryo Ishibashi (Ryuji Mogi), Sean Muramatsu (Bodyguard), Erika Niibo, Gen Shimaoka
  • Country: France
  • Language: French / Japanese / English
  • Runtime: 105 min



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