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Red Pier
Red Pier

Red Pier

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Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

99 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

23 September 1958

Country

Japan

Cast

Yūjirō Ishihara

Yūjirō Ishihara

Jiro

Mie Kitahara

Mie Kitahara

Keiko Sugita

Masumi Okada

Masumi Okada

Taabô

Sanae Nakahara

Sanae Nakahara

Mami

Shirō Ōsaka

Shirō Ōsaka

Detective Noro

Yukiko Todoroki

Yukiko Todoroki

Mama

Hideaki Nitani

Hideaki Nitani

Katsumata

Shinichi Yanagisawa

Shinichi Yanagisawa

Shiraishi Paku-san

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Matsuda

Mayumi Shimizu

Mayumi Shimizu

Mitsuko

Zenji Yamada

Zenji Yamada

Tanabe

Hiroshi Hijikata

Hiroshi Hijikata

Tsuchida

Taizō Fukami

Taizō Fukami

Yottsuan

Shirō Amakusa

Shirō Amakusa

Police chief Hasegawa

Ryusei Ito

Ryusei Ito

Owner of the Chinese restaurant Fukushû

Jun Miyazaki

Jun Miyazaki

Reiko Arai

Reiko Arai

Fusako

Kazuo Kinugasa

Kazuo Kinugasa

Detective Takagi

Ikunosuke Koizumi

Ikunosuke Koizumi

Detective Yasuda

Michiko Yamada

Michiko Yamada

Shirō Yanase

Shirō Yanase

Shigerô Hayashi

Shigerô Hayashi

Student B

Ichiro Kijima

Ichiro Kijima

Detective

Daisuke Ōmi

Daisuke Ōmi

Jun Kizaki

Jun Kizaki

Tōru Sumikawa

Tōru Sumikawa

Kōji Seyama

Kōji Seyama

Laborer

Toshizō Kudō

Toshizō Kudō

Masayuki Kawamura

Masayuki Kawamura

Keisuke Noro

Keisuke Noro

Yasuo Fujita

Yasuo Fujita

Jack James

Jack James

Hiroshi Miki

Hiroshi Miki

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