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Japanese director Seijun Suzuki solidified his growing cult following with this offbeat adaptation of Haruhiko Ooyabu's crime novel. Jo Shishido stars as Det. Tajima, a smug investigator who nabs a pair of criminal gangs with flamboyant aplomb while the police remain baffled. Suzuki treats the rather hoary plotline as an excuse for dark-humored camp, and young audiences were delighted with his irreverent approach, which made him one of the few distinctive names in the '60s assembly-line of Nikkatsu Studios. (Arrow Films)
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Jô Shishido
Japan
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Nobuo Kaneko
Japan
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Yûko Kusunoki
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Tamio Kawaji
Japan
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Reiko Sassamori
Japan
Asao Sano
Japan
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Kotoe Hatsui
Japan
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Kinzô Shin
Best movies:
Youth of the Beast (1963)
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Tošiaki Itô
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Hyôe Enoki
Japan
Best movies:
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