Intimidation (1960)
Koreyoshi Kurahara's ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a desperate bank manager, blackmailed for book-cooking, and his resentful but timid underling, passed over for a promotion. The marvelously moody Intimidation is an elegantly stripped-down and carefully paced crime drama.
Director:
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Writer:
Osamu Kawase
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Jun Hamamura as Nozaki |
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Kō Nishimura as Matakichi Nakaike |
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Nobuo Kaneko as Kyosuke Takita |
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Yōko Kozono as Kumiko |
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Kōjirō Kusanagi as Shinji Kumaki |
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Mari Shiraki as Umeha |
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Zenji Yamada as Ono |
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Tomio Aoki as |
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Reiko Arai as |
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Norikatsu Hanamura as |
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Toshizō Kudō as |
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Chiyoko Shimizu as |
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Nobuo Kawakami as |
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Kenji Kawai as |
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Masayuki Kawamura as |
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Taisei Yamanaka as |
| Directing | Koreyoshi Kurahara | Director |
| Writing | Osamu Kawase | Screenplay |
| Production | Kinichi Kamei | Production Manager |
| Sound | Takinosuke Yagi | Sound |
| Directing | Takashi Nomura | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Yoshihiro Yamazaki | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Akira Suzuki | Editor |
| Writing | Kyo Takigawa | Original Story |
| Lighting | Saburo Mitsuo | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Kazuhiko Chiba | Art Direction |
| Production | Ryoji Motegi | Producer |