Beauty and the Thief
1952, Japanese. Directed by Keigo Kimura.
The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and poetic, with two central themes which intermingle to compound an admirable panel of a critical period in Japanese history: the great famine in the mid 19th Century.
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 22 September 1952
- Original title
- 美女と盗賊
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Keigo Kimura
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Beauty and the Thief runs 80 minutes (1h 20m).
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Beauty and the Thief isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 22 September 1952. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like Beauty and the Thief?
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Who directed Beauty and the Thief?
Beauty and the Thief (1952) was directed by Keigo Kimura and stars Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, Rentaro Mikuni.