Path of the Beast (1980) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1980 · 71 mins · Japanese

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Directed by

Tatsumi Kumashiro

Starring

Akira Takahashi, Noboru Mitani, Yuya Uchida, Tessen Nakahira, Mon Muso, Minako Mizushima

Seventeen‑year‑old Saki lives in a dilapidated shack with her mother, who ekes out a living hauling a street‑food cart from dawn until night. Having dropped out of school, Saki spends her days helping sell noodles and, when not working, engages in a volatile sexual relationship with her boyfriend Sotoo while also entertaining a truck driver, Ataru. Convinced that her promiscuity is inherited, she resolves to break away from both men in hopes of changing her circumstances.