Tarao Bannai (1978)
Baseball player Takatsuka is murdered mid-game in front of a large crowd. The autopsy reveals that he has been killed by a needle coated with a poison used by the Ainu tribe for hunting. The next morning, sports photographer Kawase is killed in the same manner. Kawase’s sister, Yuko, hires Taro Banai, the detective with seven faces, to uncover the truth.
Director:
Norifumi Suzuki
Writer:
Kōji Takada
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Akira Kobayashi as Bannai Tarao |
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Aki Yashiro as |
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Yoko Natsuki as Masako Niimura |
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Toshio Egi as |
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Ann Lewis as Singer |
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Toshiaki Minami as |
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Midori Takei as |
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Atsuko Kawaguchi as |
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Chiemi Seki as |
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Nami Misaki as |
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Tōru Abe as Koizumi |
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Torahiko Hamada as |
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Hirohisa Nakata as |
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Kyōichi Satō as |
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Isao Kuraishi as Detective Yamamoto |
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Masashi Ishibashi as |
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Mikio Narita as Goro Seo |
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Bin Amatsu as Hachiro Mochizuki |
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Ichirō Zaitsu as Detective Udagawa |
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Ryō Ikebe as Nobuyuki Kinomata |
| Directing | Norifumi Suzuki | Director |
| Writing | Yoshitake Hisa | Original Series Creator |
| Writing | Kōji Takada | Screenplay |
| Camera | Tetsuya Desaki | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Masao Yagi | Original Music Composer |
