Nurse Diary: Beast Afternoon (1982): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1982, Nurse Diary: Beast Afternoon is a crime and science fiction film directed by Naosuke Kurosawa, running about 66 minutes.

What it’s about. 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?

Who’s in it. Nurse Diary: Beast Afternoon stars Maiko Kazama as Ayako, Jun Miho as Reiko - Hypnotized Patient, Eimei Esumi as Shun'ichirô - the Director of a Hospital and Maki Kawamura as Ikuko, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 1.0/10, Nurse Diary: Beast Afternoon has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Nurse Diary: Beast Afternoon page.

If you liked it. Fans of Nurse Diary: Beast Afternoon tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II and The Dark Knight.