Kuroi bokan: fukei o osou

1984 0h 59m JA

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★5.5TMDB · 2

Synopsis

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Detective Inspector Tenma Ippei and his girlfriend, female detective Date Mari, were working together to track down a brother and sister, Kyoichi, Kyoji, and Kyoko, who were serial rapists and murderers. They broke into a hospital, raped and murdered a nurse, and continued their crimes one after another, including gang-raping Tenma's partner, Misaki, before brutally murdering him along with Tenma when he arrived. Mari was dismissed from her job, but vowed revenge for Tenma and began acting on her own...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Usagi Asō
Mikio Mori
Ai Tsutsumi
Reiko Matsubara
Kyouichi Kamemaru
Okamikyō Ni
Emiko
Yasushi Satô

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shūji Kataoka
Writers: Shūji Kataoka
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 59-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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42 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Dirty Mary Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Shūji Kataoka, shot by Yasushi Sasakibara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

CAST

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Usagi Asō and Mikio Mori and Ai Tsutsumi carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0285664 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Shūji Kataoka directs. Yasushi Sasakibara behind the camera. Shōji Sakai cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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1Tight 59-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
242 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Dirty Mary Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Shūji Kataoka, shot by Yasushi Sasakibara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Shōji Sakai shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Usagi Asō and Mikio Mori and Ai Tsutsumi carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0285664 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.