- Country: Japan
- Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Release: 1977-06-18
- Director: Tai Katô
- Writers: Rampo Edogawa , Tai Katô
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Teruhiko Aoi , Yoshiko Kayama , Tomisaburō Wakayama , Ryutaro Otomo , Mitsuko Baishô , Mariko Kaga , Yūsuke Kawazu , Noboru Nakaya , Jin Nakayama , Yoko Nogiwa
- Runtime: 118 min
- Awards: 1 nomination
- AKA: Beast in the Shadows (United States of America) , A Scream from Nowhere (United States of America) , 江戸川乱歩の陰獣 (Japan) , Edogawa Rampo no injû , A Scream from Nowhere , A Scream from Nowhere (United Kingdom) , Эдогава Рампо: Чудовище во мраке (Russian Federation) , Beast in the Shadows (United Kingdom)
- Plot: An author of mystery stories gets ensnared in a real murder case. An industrial tycoon and husband of his biggest fan lies dead and one of his colleagues, a successful but antisocial writer may be involved, too -- as well as a mysterious Englishwoman and a chambermaid behaving very suspiciously.
- IMDB:tt0319334
Beast in the Shadows Cast · · · ALL
Tai Katô
Director
Teruhiko Aoi
Kôichirô Samukawa
Yoshiko Kayama
Shizuko Oyamada
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Tatsuo Honda
Mariko Kaga
Fumiko Masuda
Yūsuke Kawazu
Aramaru
Noboru Nakaya
Kawatarô Uekusa
Jin Nakayama
Prosecutor Itozaki
Yoko Nogiwa
Kyôko Uekusa
Kumi Taguchi
Helen Christie
Ryutaro Otomo
Rokuro Oyamada
Junko Toda
Hatsuyo Sasaki
Genshû Hanayagi
Isao Bitō
Tamizô Aoki
Akira Shioji
Tomiko Ishii
Kin Sugai
Eiji Nakano
Junji Kurata
Hiroko Sakuramachi
Takuya Fujioka