The Decoy (1957)
Thriller about three escaped convicts, one of whom (Sato), plans to murder the wife of a detective (Ikebe) whom he blames for the suicide of his pregnant mistress.
Director:
Hideo Suzuki
Writer:
Takeo Murata
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Ryō Ikebe as Detective Hoshino |
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Mitsuko Kusabue as Setsuko (Hoshino’s wife) |
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Keiko Ieda as Toshiko Horiuchi |
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Susumu Fujita as Saitō (Chief Inspector) |
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Momoko Kôchi as Ikuko Koide (Prosecutor’s daughter) |
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Makoto Satō as Ryōsuke Yamashita (Escaped convict) |
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Kurôemon Onoe as Senji Tabata (Escaped convict) |
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Chieko Nakakita as Katsuko Horiuchi (Toshiko’s mother) |
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氏家真紀 as Mari (Bar woman) |
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Yoshibumi Tajima as Tsurukichi Togawa (Escaped convict) |
| Writing | Ken Ishikawa | Original Story |
| Directing | Hideo Suzuki | Director |
| Writing | Takeo Murata | Screenplay |
| Camera | Masao Tamai | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Chōshirō Ishii | Gaffer |
| Art | Kazuo Ogawa | Art Direction |
| Sound | Hisashi Shimonaga | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
| Directing | Tadashi Akiyama | Assistant Director |
| Production | Takeharu Shimada | Production Manager |
| Editing | Kôichi Iwashita | Editor |
| Sound | Yasushi Akutagawa | Original Music Composer |