Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19

1962 1h 6m JA

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Synopsis

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In the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged man with an unusual rosary in his hand was dug up. An autopsy showed that the victim was about 40 years old, 170 cm tall, had bad teeth, and had been strangled about a month ago. The police department begins an investigation, Detectives Hayashi and Kitagawa set out to investigate the origin of the rosary, and Detectives Nagata and Watanabe begin interviewing construction workers. In the end, it turns out that the rosary belongs to some new religion... The 19th work from the series "Keishicho Monogatari".

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yūji Hori
Detective Nagata
Tokue Hanazawa
Detective Hayashi
Hiroshi Minami
Detective Azuma
Rinichi Yamamoto
Detective Kaneko
Takashi Kanda
Chief Detective
Shirō Ōki
Detective Takatsu
Shigeko Arai
Michiko Hoshi

Credits

Behind the camera

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

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RUNTIME

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Tight 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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64 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 Fumio Soda 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 Tokue Hanazawa and Hiroshi Minami carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt36175459 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Shoichi Shimazu directs. Fumio Soda cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
264 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Police Precinct Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Editor Fumio Soda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Yūji Hori and Tokue Hanazawa and Hiroshi Minami carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt36175459 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.