Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Cissy Évelyne It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

mevmijaumau Director Yasuzo Masumura's colorful career saw a bunch of genres, and from time to time he also dipped his toe into the pinku genre. Blind Beast, many years later gifted with a crossover with Dwarf Killer by Teruo Ishii, belongs to the ero-guro (erotic grotesque) subgenre of films which were inspired by the literary current of famed Japanese mystery writer Rampo Edogawa, who saw his influence in Poe. In fact, Blind Beast is an adaptation of Edogawa's homonymous book.The film has only three characters; a psychotic blind sculptor obsessed with physical touch, his semi-approving mother and a model they kidnap to make her his muse. It's a slow descent into utter sadomasochistic depravity, crossed with Oedipal Complex and Stockholm Syndrome. But it's not really a serious character study. In true ero-guro fashion, the story is absurd and the characters' actions are at turns totally bonkers. The film culminates in an absolutely insane bondage routine which has to be seen to be believed. There is little to no blood shown, but it's still highly disturbing. It ends somewhat on a cautionary note, as if the movie is trying to explore the darkest possible side of obsession and addiction to sexuality.One thing you may find odd is that there is almost no nudity. This seems really out of place in the final 20 minutes, but still, you have to understand the limitations of light pinku films. Another thing I found to be really strange is the beginning which shows the sculptor fondling a statue of the model and thus giving her phantom caresses, voodoo- style. This strange ability of his is never mentioned again, aside maybe from the very final scene, but it's still unclear how it fits into the initial scene, or if it does fit at all.The music is mostly composed of creepy ambiental sounds and a cool short jingle which plays 2-3 times, but the sets are another thing. This movie has one of the craziest sets I've ever seen. A claustrophobic warehouse with free-form artificial lighting. This hideout of the titular character has two huge sculptures of naked female bodies in the middle of the main room, and giant body parts made out of clay hanging on walls (eyes, noses, arms, boobs, legs...). It's pretty crazy. I wonder what went through the heads of those who were in charge of producing these setpieces.

MovieGuy01 I thought that Blind Beast which was directed by Yazuzo Masumara. was a very weird sort of film. A blind sculptor kidnaps a young model and takes her back to his home. He and his mother live in a warehouse that he has turned into a tribute to the senses. It is filled with huge sculptures of body parts He is obsessed with exploring the senses to the fullest. At first, the model only wants to escape from this bizarre place, but eventually she succumbs to his strange vision and even surpasses his obsession. This was a very disturbing sort of film a that contains some weird seanses. But i found it to be quite an interesting film in the end.

FloatingOpera7 "Blind Beast" "Moju" (1969): Eiji Funakoshi, Mako Midori, Noriko Sengoku...Director Yasuzo Masumura, Screenplay/Story ...Rampo Edogawa, Yoshio Shirasaka.The films of 1969 were in many ways a revolution, a bold step forward into the future of cinema. Like the decade of the 60's, liberal attitudes were embraced, as was rebelliousness against convention and shock appeal was big. Graphic adult content, that is to say R rated and X rated material by today's standards, was bombarding the big screen and a new wave of cinema hit America never before seen even by adult audiences in the 40's and 50's whose films were always under the eye of the censors and were at most only mildly shocking or violent. Foreign films paved the way for this new type of shocking film, and other films from this time - coming from South America, Mexico, Europe and Asia, were bold in their excessive shock appeal. "Blind Beast", released in 1969 by Japanese Director Yasuzo Masumura is possibly the most graphic, the most sadistic, twisted, horrifying piece of veiled romantic art-house material. The art-house signature is all over it. Its lead character is a blind sculptor who is sexually frustrated and in pursuit of a life-long, impossible romance, there are many fine moments of cinematography that makes use of interesting camera angles, artsy in themselves, actual sculptures and mood lighting, primarily light colors and clarity at the start of the film and total darkness by the end of it.Though not everyone would call this a romance, the blind hero Michio (Funakoshi) is a blind man who has never known any real love from a woman and who is ostracized and isolated, living a lot like the Phantom of the Opera. Only his mother (Sengoku) cares for him. They quickly determine that he needs a woman, a bride and they kidnap a beautiful artist's model (Midori). At first, she is disgusted and horrified by her situation. Alone in a sunken warehouse, Michio repeatedly rapes her and they are both deprived of real food, clothes and contact with the outside world. This can easily be traced to similar stories like "Beauty and the Beast" and the fore-mentioned "Phantom". Michio quickly trains his kidnapped bride to respond to touch and to rely on her senses. She quickly becomes insane and goes blind. They are both now in a bizarre, sadomasochistic, symbiotic relationship in which he provides her with rough physical dominance which she craves. He tortures her, beats her, whips her, bites her, drinks her blood and eats some of her flesh. Before long, she equates physical pain with love. Surprisingly, Michio can still make sculptures. Before long, we realize that reality has set in. They are both insane and dying of lack of food, social contact and a real life. They descend into degradation and self-destruction. She demands that he chop off her limbs before she dies. This truly horrible story is good only because it is so out-of-this-world for 1969 and so bold and daring in its subject matter. Keep in mind that this is not for younger audiences. The scenes are graphic and intense. A film that is little-known, little appreciated and yet a sort of whispered-about cult classic, a story that may arouse some and disgust others. Nevertheless, being a Japanese foreign film, with much philosophical and Buddhist-like ruminations by the girl's voice-over, it is an art-house film nonetheless. The cinematography as mentioned is really interesting and as much a part of the story as the characters and their evil passion. Notice how seriously it takes itself for a film that could be reduced to mere pornography or "snuff" film. There is a strange sadness to this film, a tragic quality to it that makes it somehow more than just about the shock appeal. The shock element is still there and it's strong but it's a film with a powerful impact nonetheless. It's art-house. Just not to everyone's tastes.

headbangerb3 The first time I watched this movie, I found it by accident on one of the premium channels, SHOtime or something, and caught it about 20 minutes in. I thought it was going to be interesting, but I didn't know that this would turn out to be one of the greatest movies I've ever seen.The film is quite disturbing, and it is amazing that they were able to capture the horror with minimal amounts of blood. The sick love story that is drawn out over the course of the picture is portrayed excellently, mainly due to the fact that the actors are some of the best. The movie is basically a sort of cinematic "foreplay" for the most part, and during the last 30 minutes, the bizarre S&M sex scene begins.Not much is shown as far as the nudity and sex is concerned, but the bizarre activities they partake in are stimulating enough. If you find yourself aroused by this film, don't feel like you're a bad person.The last scene of the film is when Miachi uses a knife and hammer to cut Aki's arms and legs off, all at her request. He then slides onto the knife himself, ending his life as well. Aki then ends the movie by postmortem-ly saying something about those who dine on the feast that she and Miachi had were doomed to die a dark, dank death.For anyone who wants to watch a truly captivating horror film (I know, that sounds impossible), then I recommend Mojuu-Blind Beast.