Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits

2006 1h 35m JA

DramaCrime

Synopsis

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An old thief, Kuhei Sagiwara, used to visit his hometown at the foot of the Kurikara Pass in Kaga Province. Hiding from the rain, he overheard a secret conversation between three men, just like him, hiding from the rain. These three conspired to kill Heizo Hasegawa, the head of the arson and robbery police squad, and the head of these three is the outrageous villain, thief and murderer Jingoro Amikiri...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kichiemon Nakamura II
Hasegawa Heizô, aka Onihei
Hiroshi Katsuno
Yusuke Sakai
Toshinori Omi
Chugo Kimura
Baku Numata
Tadanoshin Muramatsu
Yumi Takigawa
Hisae
Meiko Kaji
Omasa
Keizo Kanie
Kobusa no Kumehachi
Nenji Kobayashi
Kuhei Sagihara

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Akira Inoue
Writers: Motomu Furuta
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Part of the "Onihei Hankacho Special" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Koichi Sonoi 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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Kichiemon Nakamura II and Hiroshi Katsuno and Toshinori Omi carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Akira Inoue directs. Koichi Sonoi cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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1Released 20 years ago.
2Part of the "Onihei Hankacho Special" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Koichi Sonoi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Kichiemon Nakamura II and Hiroshi Katsuno and Toshinori Omi carry the top of the cast.