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'Jûsangô taihisen' yori: Sono gosôsha o nerae

'Jûsangô taihisen' yori: Sono gosôsha o nerae

1960Movie⏱️ 1h 19mNot Rated
ActionCrimeMystery
6.6
IMDB Rating
1,468 votes

A prison truck is assaulted and the two convicts inside are murdered. The prison guard on duty gets suspended for negligence and takes it upon himself to track down the killers.

Director
Seijun Suzuki
Writers
Kazuo Shimada, Shin'ichi Sekizawa
Stars
Michitarô Mizushima, Misako Watanabe, Shôichi Ozawa
Release Date
January 27, 1960
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Michitarô Mizushima
Michitarô Mizushima
as Daijirô Tamon
Misako Watanabe
Misako Watanabe
as Yûko Hamajima
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Shôichi Ozawa
as Gorô Kashima
Shinsuke Ashida
Shinsuke Ashida
as Jûbei Hamajima
Mari Shiraki
Mari Shiraki
as Tsunako Andô
Tôru Abe
Tôru Abe
as Akabori
Ryôhei Uchida
Ryôhei Uchida
as Kuji
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Akira Hisamatsu
as Masaki
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Saburô Hiromatsu
as Ôta
Tatsuo Matsushita
Tatsuo Matsushita
as Captain Takamura

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Color
Black and White
Production
Nikkatsu

🏷️ Keywords

neo noiryakuzaprisoner transportprison guardcorrectional officer

🎯 Categories

JapaneseActionCrimeMystery

⭐ Featured Review

Take Aim at the Convoluted Plot
by chaos-rampant2010-04-26

"Suzuki would go on to do wonders with abstraction and suggestive atmosphere in his later films but this is mostly a compact potboiler that doesn't have any time to spare. In fact there's so much plot here we need to get inside the protagonist's head to hear him try and clear some of it out. Voice-over narration tells us that "Fuychita had a sister, she's my next lead" and we're immediately transported to a tavern where that sister may be spotted. The movie jumps like that from place to place and character to character, gathering very little as it does but a g..."

💡 Did You Know?

A trail of gasoline poured on the ground as depicted here, would burn at only about three miles per hour, or about the pace of a brisk walk. This velocity was tested on Trail Blazers (2007).

📖 Synopsis

A prison truck is assaulted and the two convicts inside are murdered. The prison guard on duty gets suspended for negligence and takes it upon himself to track down the killers.