Blind Beast (Môjû)

Blind Beast (Môjû) (1969)

  • 75% of users liked it
    (1,456 ratings)

This sick and depraved scenario begins when 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. Giving in to find an avenue of escape, she becomes caught up in a series of sadomasochistic… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By
Yasuzo Masumura
Written By
Yoshio Shirasaka, Rampo Edogawa
Genres
Drama, Horror, Art House & International
In Theaters
Apr 1, 1969 Wide
On DVD
Feb 24, 2004

Critic Reviews

  • Ian Berriman, SFX Magazine

    Shining a flashlight on some murky corners of human sexuality, it's a continually astonishing piece of work - by the end you may feel somewhat dazed and bewildered.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Masumura is just the right director for this lurid tale about a psychopathic blind amateur sculptor...

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • EightThirty .


    24/01/2011 (ONLINE) Didn't think I'd like this but I saw it to the end and was quite speechless, I did not expect that. A film that starts with an innocent habitual erotic fixation caused by blindness that slowly eventuates into a 'Romeo & Juliet' twist. I… More

  • Stephen M


    With his devoted mother's assistance, a blind sculptor kidnaps a celebrated model in order to create his masterpiece. Combining a woman-in-peril story with an art/fashion backdrop, like many an Italian <I>giallo</I> before it and after, this weird but not particularly… More

  • Tsubaki S


    Based on a story by Edogawa Rampo, this is certainly a film very ahead of it's time in many aspects. A strange relationship develops between a blind sculptor and a female model. Hardly the type of film that gets made these days.

  • Emily B


    Can't say I particularly enjoyed watching it, (infact I found the last 20 minutes or so rather difficult to watch), but it is completely unforgettable and way ahead of it's time which is always a good thing.

  • Dimitris S


    An achievement of sizzling moments,irrational behavior and savoring...for real the flesh and blood of two human carnivores.The transparent symbolism is obvious.Man will never survive without a guide be it an obnoxious yet incredibly smart art model or the Oedipal complex and the ones… More

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