Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
Inju The Beast in the Shadow French Inju, la bte dans lombre is a 2008 film by Barbet Schroeder. The film stars Benot Magimel and Lika Minamoto and was filmed on location in Tokyo.
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. In his underground detective novels, evil always prevails and Shundei Oe has never allowed anyone to see his face. His only image available is a frightening picture on the back of his bestsellers. 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. He meets with his publisher, Ken Honda, from the publishing house Hakubunkan, and a geisha who knew the writer. After these finds in his investigation, Alex becomes more determined to find the mysterious writer.Inju, the Beast in the Shadow is a bold but arguably misguided affair....It is pitched somewhere between a Bthriller and Nagisa Oshimas In the Realm of the Senses. Corny plot twists, transgressive sex and selfreflexive asides about cinema sit side by side. Many in Venice found it preposterous and it was given a rough ride by the volatile Italian press. ........
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