Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies

1970 1h 28m JA

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Synopsis

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Aboard a night ferry in the Inland Sea, Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a young tough, who supplies hostesses to night spots, encounters Yuko, his ex-sweetheart. He considers himself a private underworld sort of policeman-in the com- munity of such women. Yuko, now a bar proprietress, is under the protection of Tahei Daigo, a sinister gang boss who in his quest for chances of good investments abroad plans to offer young girls to rich foreigners. Asked to gather attractive girls by Yuko, now Tahei's puppet, Masaaki collects many only to find them mysteriously missing...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Akira Kobayashi
Masaaki Kagari
Ryōhei Uchida
Ryo Kuroki
Kumi Mizuno
Yuko Shiga
Mina Aoe
Miho
Asao Uchida
Tahei
Eiji Gō
Shiro Takimura
Junko Natsu
Reiko Kono
Megumi Matsumoto
Yôko Kuroki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Keiichi Ozawa
Writers: Ryuzo Nakanishi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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56 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Akira Kobayashi and Ryōhei Uchida and Kumi Mizuno carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0204516 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Keiichi Ozawa directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
256 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Akira Kobayashi and Ryōhei Uchida and Kumi Mizuno carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0204516 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.