Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman

1961 1h 3m JA

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Synopsis

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Detectives of the First Investigation Division are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, whose strangled corpse was found in the bay of the Tama River. The ugly behavior of adults hidden in the name of social welfare is exposed by the investigation. 16th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari".

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yūji Hori
Detective Nagata
Sonny Chiba
Detective Nakagawa
Shigeko Arai
Kenji Imai
Tokue Hanazawa
Rinichi Yamamoto
Detective Kaneko
Eitarō Ozawa
Fumitake Ōmura

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shoichi Shimazu
Writers: Kimiyuki Hasegawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 63-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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65 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 Shoichi Shimazu, shot by Hanjirō Nakazawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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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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Yūji Hori and Sonny Chiba and Shigeko Arai carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt6129406 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Shoichi Shimazu directs. Hanjirō Nakazawa behind the camera. Yoshiki Nagasawa cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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1Tight 63-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
265 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Police Precinct Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Shoichi Shimazu, shot by Hanjirō Nakazawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Yoshiki Nagasawa shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Yūji Hori and Sonny Chiba and Shigeko Arai carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt6129406 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.