Nurse Diary: Beast Afternoon

1982 1h 6m JA

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5.5

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★5.5TMDB · 8

CrimeScience FictionHorror

Synopsis

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A doctor develops a new scientific breakthrough in female psychotherapy with the discovery of the “Dream Ring,” a device that is inserted into a woman to record her thoughts and dreams. But, one dark and stormy night, the doctor and his assistant end up dead… hanging by ropes from the rafters of their lab. The lovely Reiko suffers from a condition known as “genophobia” (the fear of sexual intercourse), so she is admitted to the Tachibana Clinic for observation. Another group of doctors have the “Dream Ring” device and use it on Reiko to analyze her wildly erotic, and violent, dreams and nightmares. The clinic doctors have more sinister reasons to test this device on Reiko, however, and secretly put her under hypnosis so that the ring is activated at any time she hears the sound of a bell. Can she escape the evil doctors’ experiment and, even if she does, who is that strange person, dressed all in black, following her around?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Maiko Kazama
Ayako
Jun Miho
Reiko - Hypnotized Patient
Eimei Esumi
Shun'ichirô - the Director of a Hospital
Maki Kawamura
Ikuko
Kōzō Murao
Jun
Hideo Shirayama
Katsuragi
Miki Yamaji
Naomi
Hide Ekado

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Naosuke Kurosawa
Writers: Kiyoshi Miyata
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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44 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Naosuke Kurosawa, shot by Nobumasa Mizunoo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Shigeru Okuhara shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Maiko Kazama and Jun Miho and Eimei Esumi carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0287516 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Naosuke Kurosawa directs. Nobumasa Mizunoo behind the camera. Shigeru Okuhara cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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1Tight 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
244 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Naosuke Kurosawa, shot by Nobumasa Mizunoo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Shigeru Okuhara shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Maiko Kazama and Jun Miho and Eimei Esumi carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0287516 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 9 themes, including "nurse", "diary", "sexploitation", "japanese woman".