The Decoy

Thriller about three escaped convicts, one of whom (Sato), plans to murder the wife of a detective (Ikebe) whom he blames for the suicide of his pregnant mistress.

• Hideo SuzukiDirector
• Takeo MurataScreenplay
• Yasushi AkutagawaOriginal Music Composer

• Ryō IkebeDetective Hoshino
• Mitsuko KusabueSetsuko (Hoshino’s wife)
• Keiko IedaToshiko Horiuchi
• Susumu FujitaSaitō (Chief Inspector)
• Momoko KôchiIkuko Koide (Prosecutor’s daughter)
• Makoto SatōRyōsuke Yamashita (Escaped convict)
• Kurôemon OnoeSenji Tabata (Escaped convict)
• Chieko NakakitaKatsuko Horiuchi (Toshiko’s mother)
• 氏家真紀Mari (Bar woman)
• Yoshibumi TajimaTsurukichi Togawa (Escaped convict)