The Entrapped Gangster (1959)
Crime melodrama about two detectives (Ikebe and Arashima) and one detective's trumpet-playing son (Sato) who become involved in a complex murder investigation.
Director:
Shigeaki Hidaka
Writers:
Tokuhei Wakao, Shigeaki Hidaka.
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Ryō Ikebe as Detective Henmi |
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Makoto Satō as Saburo Shindo |
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Fumie Noguchi as Chikako Hayakawa |
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Ichirō Arishima as Detective Shindo, Saburo's father |
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Yasuko Nakada as |
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Kyū Sazanka as |
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Ken Mitsuda as |
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Akiko Wakabayashi as |
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Tadao Nakamaru as |
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Yuriko Hoshi as |
| Production | Jin Usami | Producer |
| Directing | Shigeaki Hidaka | Director |
| Writing | Tokuhei Wakao | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shigeaki Hidaka | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ichirō Kashiwara | Original Story |
| Camera | Fukuzo Koizumi | Director of Photography |
| Art | Hyoei Hamagami | Art Direction |
| Lighting | Mitsuo Kaneko | Gaffer |
| Sound | Shin Watarai | Sound |
| Sound | Hisashi Shimonaga | Sound |
| Sound | Shigeru Ikeno | Music |