A 92-minute Japanese thriller so obscure even TMDB forgot to rate it properly. Chaos awaits.
Death stalks a towering hotel under construction in Tokyo and love brings the guilty parties to a justice of their own choice. The motives are control of the hotel, blackmail and jealousy. The principals involved are two business partners, a political string puller and his son, lovers carrying on an illicit affair and a secretary turned blackmailer.
Production
Half-built skyscraper as death trap and phallic metaphor.
Costume
1976 Tokyo fashion crimes committed with conviction.
Direction
Sadanaga squeezes maximum sleaze from 92 minutes.
Director
Masahisa Sadanaga
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Masahisa Sadanaga directed primarily for Nikkatsu's Roman Porno line; this theatrical thriller was a rare mainstream detour.
The 1970s Japanese economic boom made unfinished skyscrapers potent symbols of ambition and instability—perfect murder weapons.
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