Police Precinct Part 2

1956 1h 1m JA

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Synopsis

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“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yūji Hori
Detective Nagata
Kappei Matsumoto
First Investigation Section Chief
Takashi Kanda
Chief Investigator
Kōji Nanbara
Detective Miyagawa
Rinichi Yamamoto
Detective Kaneko
Kōji Sekiyama
Detective Yoshioka
Ken Sudo
Isao Yamagata
Morita

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

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Cinephile deep dive

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.
6Yūji Hori and Kappei Matsumoto and Takashi Kanda carry the top of the cast.