The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was killed in the middle of a game.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Sadatsugu MatsudaDirector
- Yoshitake HisaScreenplay
- Shiro FukaiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Chiezo KataokaBannai Tarao
- Susumu NamishimaHidehiko Nitta
- Chizuru KitagawaMasako Takamori
- Yuriko TashiroYuko Kawase
- Sumiko HidakaEmi Ishikawa
- Kenji SusukidaTakamasa Ishiguro
- Masao MishimaHaruo Kuboki
- Takamaru SasakiInspector Osawa
- Daisuke KatōGoro Seo
- Yukie KuboHamagiku
- Masao ShimizuTosuke Kawase
- Eijirō KataokaKeiichi Togawa
Themes
disguiselast home runaconite poisoncompeting detective agencieschampionship games