Movie: Badge of the Night

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Akira Kobayashi
小林旭

Naomi Hoshi
星ナオミ

Ryôhei Uchida
内田良平

Shoichi Ozawa
小沢昭一

Shirō Ōsaka
大坂志郎

Shōbun Inoue
井上昭文

Noriko Matsumoto
松本典子

Yukô Niki
Yukô Niki

Nobuo Kawakami
河上信夫

Katsumi Shiina
Katsumi Shiina

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    A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person search soon becomes a murder case. Nightclub-managing, drug-dealing gangster Uchida is the prime suspect in the case until he commits suicide. Kobayashi then discovers evidence that points to the doctor sibling of an innocent girl. The climax in a rural snowy locale is suspenseful and well-staged.

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    1963-03-31

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