Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face

1959 1h 23m JA

CrimeDrama

Synopsis

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A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body is only the torso. Her legs were discovered on the opposite bank. The only clue, a man was trying to throw something in from a car with a license plate number three days ago at Shin-Arakawa Ohashi Bridge...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kappei Matsumoto
Takashi Kanda
Yūji Hori
Hiroshi Minami
Tokue Hanazawa
Rinichi Yamamoto
Ken Sudo
Koji Sahara

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shinji Murayama
Writers: Kimiyuki Hasegawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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83 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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67 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Police Precinct Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Yoshiki Nagasawa shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Kappei Matsumoto and Takashi Kanda and Yūji Hori carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt34728165 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Shinji Murayama directs. Yoshiki Nagasawa cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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183 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
267 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Police Precinct Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Editor Yoshiki Nagasawa shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Kappei Matsumoto and Takashi Kanda and Yūji Hori carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt34728165 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.