Movie: The Desperate

Top 10 Billed Cast

Minoru Ōki
大木実

Chief Detective Sugai

Chisako Hara
原知佐子

Chiyo Miyasaka

Shoji Nakayama
中山昭二

Detective Yasuda

Kō Nishimura
西村晃

Yamaguchi

Kunie Tanaka
田中邦衛

Chiba

Hideo Murota
室田日出男

Tomita

Masaya Takahashi
高橋昌也

Chief Morito

Hisashi Igawa
井川比佐志

Detective Tokumochi

Taiji Tonoyama
殿山泰司

Chief Osawa

Masao Oda
織田政雄

Detective Koshiki

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    A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths. Ace detective Sugai pursues Chiyo, the mistress of a man who was arrested for extortion, and takes advantage of her weakness. However, as his colleague Tokumochi and others regard him with suspicion, he is tormented by remorse.

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    1964-04-18

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    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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    日本語
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