The Black Battlefront Kidnappers (1973)
A taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.
Director:
Eizō Sugawa
Writers:
Osamu Nishizawa, Zenzō Matsuyama.
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Hiroshi Fujioka as Akira Funaki |
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Junzaburō Ban as Chôtarô Funaki |
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Mayumi Nagisa as Miyako Aoyama |
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Sumio Tomikawa as Masaya Ayakôji |
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Yoshizō Yamaguchi as Kô Hanamori |
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Kazutaka Sugawara as Satoru Haraguchi |
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Mariko Nakamura as Yasuko Komori |
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Yoshio Inaba as Onimaru |
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Kazuo Katō as Dan |
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Jun'ichirô Oki as Aoi |
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Tetsuya Kaji as Kurosaki |
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Haruo Suzuki as Recorder |
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Yûsuke Nishimoto as Keisuke Shibosawa |
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Fran Setzer as Secretary |
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Ben Hiura as Kyô Kazama |
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八代駿 as |
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Noboru Mitani as |
| Camera | Daisaku Kimura | Director of Photography |
| Production | Sanezumi Fujimoto | Producer |
| Art | Kazuo Satsuya | Production Design |
| Production | Ryu Yasube | Producer |
| Lighting | Hiromitsu Mori | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Kunihiko Murai | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Eizō Sugawa | Director |
| Writing | Osamu Nishizawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Zenzō Matsuyama | Screenplay |