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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
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