The Graceful Brute (1962)
- Original title
- しとやかな獣
- Directed by
- Yuzo Kawashima
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 22 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A family of con artists scheme and manipulate each other and their marks in 1960s Tokyo. The film follows their deceptions and double-crosses as they try to climb the social ladder.
satiricaldarkly comicsharpwittycynicalfast-pacedtheatricalcausticcerebral
What happens
The Graceful Brute a.k.a. Elegant Beast (Japanese: しとやかな獣, Hepburn: Shitoyakana kedamono) is a 1962 Japanese satirical comedy film directed by Yūzō Kawashima and written by Kaneto Shindō. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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