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1949 Film noir
Japan
2h 2min
Original language: Japanese
The setting for this Akira Kurosawa film noir is Tokyo in the late 1940s, its streets blasted by war and its economy in collapse. When Murakami, a young detective (Toshiro Mifune, in one of his earliest roles), loses his gun to a thief, he must descend into a hell teeming with shady characters to retrieve it. Soon Murakami's pistol turns up as the weapon in the murder of a woman, leading the guilt-ridden rookie to seek help from his senior officer, Sato (Takashi Shimura). Together Murakami and Sato must hunt down the killer before he strikes again.
Directed by | Akira Kurosawa |
Written by | Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima |
Company | Toho CompanyToho CompanyToho Company |
Starring
Toshirô Mifune
Takashi Shimura
Keiko Awaji
Eiko Miyoshi
Noriko Sengoku
Noriko Honma
Reikichi Kawamura
Eijirô Tôno
Yasushi Nagata
Kappei Matsumoto
Isao Kimura
Minoru Chiaki
Teruko Kishi
Ichirô Sugai
Gen Shimizu
Kan Yanagiya
Hajime Izu
Masao Shimizu
Kokuten Kôdô
Yûnosuke Itô
Akira Ubukata
Fujio Nagahama
Isao Ikukaka
Shiro Mizutani
Eizo Tanaka
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