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7.0/10 • 4

1962-03-28 • 1h 29m

CrimeAction

Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspenseful thriller while offering a critique of political corruption, hypocrisy, and journalistic cowardice in postwar Japan.

Directors
Kinji Fukasaku
Editors
Hiroshi Suzuki

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  1. Koji Tsuruta

    Koji Tsuruta

    Kuroki

  2. Tatsuo Umemiya

    Tatsuo Umemiya

  3. Mayumi Ozora

    Mayumi Ozora

  4. Hitomi Nakahara

    Hitomi Nakahara

    Hiromi

  5. Tetsuro Tamba

    Tetsuro Tamba

    Takayama

  6. Eitarō Ozawa

    Eitarō Ozawa

  7. Yūko Kusunoki

    Yūko Kusunoki

    Marin

  8. Kappei Matsumoto

    Kappei Matsumoto

  9. Shunji Kasuga

    Shunji Kasuga

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    Status
    Released
    Original Language
    Japanese
    Budget
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    Keywords
    insane asylumjapanese noirtrade newspaperrevoltionary governmenthigh level skulduggeryfemme fatale spy