Synopsis
Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was killed in the middle of a game.
Movie Information
- Director
- Sadatsugu Matsuda
- Writers
- Yoshitake Hisa
- Release Year
- 1955
- Runtime
- 80 minutes
- Genre
- Mystery
- Language
- JA
- Country
- Japan
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (1 votes)
Top Cast
Chiezo Kataoka
Bannai Tarao
Susumu Namishima
Hidehiko Nitta
Chizuru Kitagawa
Masako Takamori
Yuriko Tashiro
Yuko Kawase
Sumiko Hidaka
Emi Ishikawa
Kenji Susukida
Takamasa Ishiguro
Masao Mishima
Haruo Kuboki
Takamaru Sasaki
Inspector Osawa
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