Blueprint of Murder (1961)
Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has a fatal accident. As his brother investigates the "Accident" with his old college friend (makoto Sato), now a reporter... They stumble across murder, espionage and cover-ups. High-class night club, femme fatale, and a "Blueprint of Murder" all adds up to a bigger plot then first expected.
Director:
Kihachi Okamoto
Writer:
Shinichi Sekizawa
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Yūzō Kayama as Jirô Kusaka |
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Makoto Satō as Ken Sudô |
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Tatsuya Mihashi as Azuma, police detective |
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Kumi Mizuno as Tomi |
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Mie Hama as Kyôko Komatsu |
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Mickey Curtis as Miki |
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Seizaburō Kawazu as Yûsaku Ôshima |
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Ichirō Nakatani as Shizuo Komatsu |
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Hideyo Amamoto as |
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Kan Hayashi as |
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Akihiko Hirata as |
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Naoya Kusakawa as Maekawa |
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Kō Mishima as Ichirô Kusaka |
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Tadao Nakamaru as Akira Shima |
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Yutaka Nakayama as |
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Masaya Nihei as |
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Masanobu Oki as |
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Sachio Sakai as |
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Ikio Sawamura as |
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Yukiko Shimazaki as Singer at Paloson |
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Toki Shiozawa as |
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Kazuo Suzuki as |
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Hiroshi Takagi as |
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Akira Wakamatsu as |
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Michino Yokoyama as |
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Haruo Nakajima as |
| Directing | Kihachi Okamoto | Director |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Executive Producer |
| Art | Iwao Akune | Art Direction |
| Writing | Shinichi Sekizawa | Screenplay |
| Camera | Fukuzo Koizumi | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Ichiro Ihara | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Yoshitami Kuroiwa | Editor |
| Directing | Susumu Takebayashi | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Shin Watarai | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Hisashi Shimonaga | Sound Recordist |