The Great Villains (1968)
Psychological noir drama involving the tangled web of a disgraced yakuza, an innocent school girl, a blackmailed singer, and a corrupt lawyer.
Director:
Yasuzō Masumura
Writers:
Yasuzō Masumura, Yoshihiro Ishimatsu.
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Jirō Tamiya as Nihei Tokuda |
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Kei Satō as Ichiro Yasui |
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Mako Midori as Yoshiko Ota |
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Isao Kuraishi as Teruo Shima |
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Asao Uchida as Manager |
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Kazuo Kitamura as Attorney Okano |
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Yūzō Hayakawa as Masked man |
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Yūji Moriya as University student |
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Koichi Ito as Judge |
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Daigo Inoue as Prosecutor |
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Kenichi Tani as Manager |
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Jun Osanai as Detective |
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Minako Saijo as Girl |
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Shin Minatsu as |
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Shizuo Chūjō as |
| Writing | Yasuzō Masumura | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yoshihiro Ishimatsu | Screenplay |
| Production | Kosuke Seki | Production Coordinator |
| Directing | Yasuzō Masumura | Director |
| Directing | Shû Sakiyama | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Takeo Suda | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Tomoo Shimogawara | Art Direction |
| Editing | Tatsuji Nakashizu | Editor |
| Writing | Masaya Maruyama | Novel |
| Lighting | Nagaharu Watanabe | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Tadashi Yamanouchi | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Setsuo Kobayashi | Director of Photography |