Directed by:
Yoshitarō NomuraScreenplay:
Masato IdeCinematography:
Takashi KawamataCast:
岩下志麻, Kō Nishimura, Eiji Okada, Sachiko Hidari, Etsuko Ichihara, Shôichi Ozawa, Takahiro Tamura, 早川保, 加藤嘉, Toyo Takahashi, Akira Tani, Atsushi WatanabePlots(1)
The year of Tenpo 5, at the midnight of a New Year's Day, a dormitory of Musashiya Kihei at the edge of Honjyo Shirakawa River was burned by a suspected case of arson, and three dead bodies were found. Based on the testimonies of employees that these bodies were recognized as a master Kihei, his wife Osano, and his daughter Oshino. Suffered by leukemia, Kihei had but a few days to live, and Oshino devoted herself to look after her father. But Osono did not care at all and she lived a debauched life. Late in autumn that year, notorious men died mysteriously one after another. Each of them was killed at a stroke with an ornamental hairpin, and a flower of Camellia was left at each scene. The murderer is supposed to be a young, beautiful and mysterious woman. Yoriki and Aoki, detectives of Hachobori are desperately scanning, and finally they reach an unexpected suspect. (Shochiku)
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岩下志麻
Japan
Best movies:
Harakiri (1962)
Sword of the Beast (1965)
Red Lion (1969)
Kō Nishimura
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi: The Festival of Fire (1970)
High and Low (1963)
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Eiji Okada
Japan
Best movies:
Woman of the Dunes (1964)
This Transient Life (1970)
Antarctica (1983)
Sachiko Hidari
Japan
Best movies:
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
Insect Woman (1963)
Etsuko Ichihara
Japan
Best movies:
Your Name. (2016)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
The Face of Another (1966)
Shôichi Ozawa
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Intentions of Murder (1964)
Revenge (1964)
Takahiro Tamura
Japan
Best movies:
Revenge (1964)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Last Samurai (1974)
早川保
Japan
Best movies:
Woman of the Lake (1966)
The Assassin (1964)
A Flame at the Pier (1962)
加藤嘉
Japan
Best movies:
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Intentions of Murder (1964)
Immortal Love (1961)
Toyo Takahashi
Japan
Best movies:
Early Summer (1951)
Equinox Flower (1958)
Late Autumn (1960)
Akira Tani
Japan
Best movies:
Yojimbo (1961)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Muhomatsu, the Rikshaw Man (1958)
Atsushi Watanabe
Japan
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
Red Beard (1965)
Yojimbo (1961)