Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon

1957 0h 51m JA

CrimeActionDrama

Synopsis

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A luxury car was stolen near a certain nightclub in Akasaka, and the owner of the car was shot and killed. The investigation by detective Nagata, head of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Headquarters, revealed that the perpetrator shot a silenced gun, and that a film camera was taken away from the car he abandoned. Furthermore, fluids left at the scene indicate that the perpetrator was a tuberculosis patient...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yasushi Nagata
Chief of the First Investigation Division
Takashi Kanda
Chief Investigator
Yūji Hori
Detective Nagata
Kōji Nanbara
Detective Miyagawa
Ken Sudo
Detective Hayashi
Rinichi Yamamoto
Detective Kaneko
Akira Katayama
Tokio Kozuka

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hideo Sekigawa
Writers: Kimiyuki Hasegawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 51-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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69 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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Yasushi Nagata and Takashi Kanda and Yūji Hori carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt29282734 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

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

Trivia

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1Tight 51-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
269 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.
5Yasushi Nagata and Takashi Kanda and Yūji Hori carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt29282734 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.