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Writers:
Rampo Edogawa (novel)
Jean-Armand Bougrelle (scenario) (adaptation) (dialogue) ...
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Release Date:
3 September 2008 (France) more
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The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome... more | full synopsis
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1 nomination more
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Master of Manipulation more (4 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Benoît Magimel | ... | Alex Fayard |
| Lika Minamoto | ... | Tamao |
| Shun Sugata | ... | Inspecteur Fuji |
| Maurice Bénichou | ... | L'agent d'Alex Fayard |
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| Yuna Abe | ... | Geiko |
| Shinpei Asanuma | ... | Editeur |
 | Takumi Bando | ... | Japanese Pimp |
| Jun Era | ... | Chauffeur de taxi |
| Shiho Fujimura | ... | Patronne de la maison de thé |
| Yoriko Fujisaki | ... | Geiko |
| Toshi Fujiwara | ... | Toyama - the interpreter |
| Tomonobu Fukui | ||
| Kana Harada | ... | Jeune Maiko |
| Erika Hirai | ... | Geiko |
| Ren Hisa | ... | Joueuse de shamisen |
| Shoko Imayoshi | ... | Geiko |
 | Ryo Ishibashi | ... | Ryuji Mogi |
| Yusuke Iwamoto | ... | Bodygard Mogi |
| Asami Kaneda | ... | Geiko |
| Setchin Kawaya | ... | Gardien de prison |
| Reika Kirishima | ... | Kumiko |
| Junichiro Kishi | ... | Serveur |
| Yuri Kobayashi | ... | Professeur Tamao enfant |
| Sawa Masaki | ... | Geiko |
| Saeko Matsumi | ... | Hôtesse de l'air |
| Hiroaki Matsuzawa | ... | Passant effrayé |
| Yume Miyamoto | ... | Tamao enfant |
| Eri Murakoshi | ... | Geiko |
| Sean Muramatsu | ... | Bodyguard |
| Yuko Murata | ||
| Shirô Namiki | ... | Présentateur TV |
| Erika Niibo | ||
| Kazuhiko Nishimura | ... | Insoecteur Matsumoto |
| Ayako Niwa | ... | Mere de Tamao |
| Reiko Oowada | ... | Geiko |
| Shinji Ozeki | ... | Ichiro |
| Gen Shimaoka | ||
| Nao Tawara | ||
| Kazuki Tsujimoto | ... | Shundei Oe |
| Yoshiko Tsutsumi | ... | Dame librairie |
| Kensuke Ulhara | ... | Assistant régie TV |
| Shuichi Yamauchi | ... | Jeune homme masqué |
| Shin'ya Yamazaki | ... | Pere de Tamao |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Injû (Japan)
Inju (International: English title) (working title)
Inju, the Beast in the Shadow (Canada: English title) (festival title)
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (International: English title)
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Canada:105 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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France:U | Finland:K-15 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:16+ (Québec)
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The writer and college professor Alexandre Fayard (Benoit Magimel) studies and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer Shundei Oe that is considered by him the master of manipulation. In his underground detective novels, evil always prevails and Shundei Oe has never allowed anyone to see his face, and his only image available is a frightening picture on the back of his best-sellers. Alex travels to Kyoto to promote his successful detective story that follows the same style of the Shundei Oe but with a positive message instead and meets his publisher Ken Honda from the publishing house Hakubunkan. While in an interview in a TV show, Alex receives a phone call from Shundei Oe that advises him to return to Paris, and Alex believes it is a marketing strategy of Ken. Then Alex and Ken go to a tea house where he meets the Masochist geisha Tamao (Minamoto Lika), and Alex has a crush on her. Tamao discloses to Alex that she knows Shundei Oe and his real name is Hichiro Irata; further they were lovers when she rejected his proposal many years ago. From this moment on, Hichiro Irata loathed her and vanished. When she got pregnant of the wealthy and powerful business man Ryuji Mogi (Ryo Ishibashi), Shundei Oe returned and stalked her. Alex decides to help Tamao and Ryuji Mogi against the menace of the deranged writer, and his mind is blurred between fiction and reality in dreadful nightmares.
"Inju, La Bête Dans L'Ombre" is flawed, but also mysterious and intriguing. The story is supported by good screenplay with murders and twists, direction and performances and a wonderful cinematography. Unfortunately there are very few characters and based on the explanation of Alex that Shundei Oe would be the master of manipulation, I could predict the identity of the bleak writer that recalled the unforgettable conclusion of "Body Heat". Nevertheless this movie is engaging and highly recommended. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Inju, O Despertar da Besta" ("Inju, The Awakening of the Beast")