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Inju: The Beast in the Shadow(2008)
Status: Released
Date: 2008-09-03
49%
31 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
Overview:
The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer Shundei Oe, considered by him to be the master of manipulation.
Languages: Japanese, French.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
Top 10 Billed Cast
Benoît Magimel
Alex Fayard
Lika Minamoto
Tamao
Gen Shimaoka
Ken Honda
石橋凌
Ryuji Mogi
菅田俊
Inspecteur Fuji
西村和彦
Inspecteur Matsumoto
霧島れいか
Kumiko
辻本一樹
Shundei Oe
Maurice Bénichou
L'agent d'Alex Fayard
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