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📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: Japanese
📆 Date Released: 1962-03-28
⌚ Running Time: 89 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.0

Beloved Cast

Koji Tsuruta original image
Kuroki
Koji Tsuruta
Tatsuo Umemiya original image
Tatsuo Umemiya
Mayumi Ozora original image
Mayumi Ozora
Hitomi Nakahara original image
Hiromi
Hitomi Nakahara
Tetsuro Tamba original image
Takayama
Tetsuro Tamba
Eitarō Ozawa original image
Eitarō Ozawa
Yūko Kusunoki original image
Marin
Yūko Kusunoki
Kappei Matsumoto original image
Kappei Matsumoto
Shunji Kasuga original image
Shunji Kasuga
Takashi Kanda original image
Takashi Kanda
Ken Sudo original image
Ken Sudo
Isamu Yamaguchi original image
President
Isamu Yamaguchi
Rinichi Yamamoto original image
Rinichi Yamamoto
Mitsuo Andō original image
Mitsuo Andō
Tadashi Suganuma original image
Tadashi Suganuma
Eiran Yoshikawa original image
Eiran Yoshikawa
Nobuo Yana original image
Nobuo Yana
Sanae Mitsuoka original image
Robert's secretary
Sanae Mitsuoka
Akikane Sawa original image
Akikane Sawa
Chico Lourant original image
Sam
Chico Lourant
Clifford Harrington original image
Clifford Harrington

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