Police Precinct

1956 1h 1m JA

Crime

Synopsis

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A taxi robbery and murder occurred in Fukagawa late at night. Detectives Nagata and Miyagawa of the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division, who suspect the perpetrator as a habitual offender, flew to Yanagibashi using the remains as clues, and suspect a forester, but before this case was closed, a new incident using the same method occurred in Shinbashi, and this time the driver's corpse was not found.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kappei Matsumoto
First Investigation Division Chief
Takashi Kanda
Chief Investigator
Yūji Hori
Detective Nagata
Kōji Nanbara
Detective Miyagawa
Rinichi Yamamoto
Detective Hayate
Tokue Hanazawa
Detectiive Yoshioka
Kōji Sekiyama
Detective Kaneko
Ken Sudo
Forensic Section Chief

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shigehiro Ozawa
Writers: Kimiyuki Hasegawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 61-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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70 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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Directed by Shigehiro Ozawa, shot by Ichirō Hoshijima. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Eiichi Yamada. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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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: tt27196757 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Shigehiro Ozawa directs. Ichirō Hoshijima behind the camera. Eiichi Yamada scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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1Tight 61-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
270 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Police Precinct Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Shigehiro Ozawa, shot by Ichirō Hoshijima. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Eiichi Yamada. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Kappei Matsumoto and Takashi Kanda and Yūji Hori carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt27196757 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.