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A Trap
A Trap

A Trap

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MysteryDramaCrime

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When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

111 mins

Rating

7.1/10

Release Date

28 May 1965

Country

Japan

Cast

Chieko Baisho

Chieko Baisho

Kiriko Yanagida

Osamu Takizawa

Osamu Takizawa

Kinzô Ôtsuka

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

Michiko Kôno

Yūsuke Kawazu

Yūsuke Kawazu

Ken'ichi Sugita

Yōsuke Kondō

Yōsuke Kondō

Kôichi Abe

Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi Naitō

Prosecutor Shimada

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Masao Yanagida

Etsuko Ichihara

Etsuko Ichihara

Nobuko

Koji Kiyomura

Koji Kiyomura

Hisaoka

Masakazu Kuwayama

Masakazu Kuwayama

Okumura

Torahiko Hamada

Torahiko Hamada

Judge

Kenzō Tabu

Kenzō Tabu

Detective

Sumiko Abe

Sumiko Abe

Madam of the Kaiso bar

Takanobu Hozumi

Takanobu Hozumi

Manager of the Minase

Chieko Misaki

Chieko Misaki

Landlady

Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

Man on Boat

Fumio Ōmachi

Fumio Ōmachi

Tsûsai Sugawara

Tsûsai Sugawara

Jiro Kawarazaki

Jiro Kawarazaki

Yamagami

Yumeko Aizome

Yumeko Aizome

Yoshiko Ôtsuka

Yoshiko Maki

Yoshiko Maki

Munemaru Kôda

Munemaru Kôda

Kôei Yamamoto

Kôei Yamamoto

Hiroyuki Wachi

Hiroyuki Wachi

Sōnosuke Oda

Sōnosuke Oda

Shôsuke Oni

Shôsuke Oni

Hiroshi Aoyama

Hiroshi Aoyama

Tsuneko Sasaki

Tsuneko Sasaki

Kiyo Murakami

Kiyo Murakami

Kamon Kawamura

Kamon Kawamura

Ken Okabe

Ken Okabe

Keisuke Maeda

Keisuke Maeda

Yûji Takasugi

Yûji Takasugi

Keiji Tsuchida

Keiji Tsuchida

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