When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth.
Acting
Wakayama's thousand-yard stare carries entire scenes
Cinematography
Rain-soaked Yokohama streets that breathe nicotine and regret
Direction
Misumi's patient framing builds unbearable tension
Director
Kenji Misumi
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Akio Okumura
Hiroshi Sekiguchi
Kayo Matsuo
Kayo
Tomoko Mayama
Sugiyama's Lover
Michi Azuma
Fumio Watanabe
Murakoshi
Fujio Suga
Akiji Kobayashi
Daigo Kusano
Nishikawa
Renji Ishibashi
Sugiyama
Hideji Ōtaki
Seijin-kai Chairman
Asao Uchida
Commissioner
Yoshi Katō
Etsuko's Father-in-Law
Nobuo Nakamura
Eizō Kitamura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 'jitsuroku' movement documenting real police cases with unflinching realism, rejecting the romanticized yakuza films of the era.
Wakayama filmed this between Lone Wolf and Cub entries, using the same disciplined physicality for a completely different kind of violence.
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