Blind Beast vs. Dwarf
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aka Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf is a 2001
film by Japanese
director Teruo Ishii
. It is the last film he directed.
Mieko Tanaka, who was elected to the Diet
in the 2009 Japanese general election, appears in Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf in a role that includes a nude scene. This precipitated a surge in sales of the movie that year.
2001 in film
The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...
film by Japanese
Cinema of Japan
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...
director Teruo Ishii
Teruo Ishii
was a Japanese film director best known in the West for his early films in the Super Giant series, and for his films in the Ero guro subgenre of pinku eiga such as Shogun's Joys of Torture . He also directed the 1965 film, Abashiri Prison, which helped to make Ken Takakura a major star in Japan...
. It is the last film he directed.
Mieko Tanaka, who was elected to the Diet
Diet of Japan
The is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors. Both houses of the Diet are directly elected under a parallel voting system. In addition to passing laws, the Diet is formally...
in the 2009 Japanese general election, appears in Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf in a role that includes a nude scene. This precipitated a surge in sales of the movie that year.
External links
- Official website
- - Japanese Movie DatabaseJapanese Movie DatabaseThe , commonly referred to as JMDB, is an online database of information about Japanese movies, actors, and production crew personnel. It is similar to the Internet Movie Database, but lists only those films originally released in Japan. The site was started in 1997, and contains movies from Meiji...