Blind Beast (1969)

Director
Yasuzô Masumura

Main cast
Eiji Funakoshi; Mako Midori; Noriko Sengoku

Genres
Horror, Drama

Description
A blind sculptor and his mother kidnap a young woman and use her as a model. In the darkness of an abandoned warehouse, she suffers at the hands of the artist, eventually losing both her sight and her mind as whips give way to knives and knives give way to meat cleavers.


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