The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Kinji FukasakuDirector
- Susumu SajiScreenplay
- Koichi KawabeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Koji TsurutaKuroki
- Tatsuo UmemiyaCast
- Mayumi OzoraCast
- Hitomi NakaharaHiromi
- Tetsuro TambaTakayama
- Eitarō OzawaCast
- Yūko KusunokiMarin
- Kappei MatsumotoCast
- Shunji KasugaCast
- Takashi KandaCast
- Ken SudoCast
- Isamu YamaguchiPresident
Stills
Themes
insane asylumjapanese noirtrade newspaperrevoltionary governmenthigh level skulduggeryfemme fatale spy