The Trap (1958)
- Released
- Director Hiroshi Noguchi
Synopsis
One summer night, officer Kojima is lured away from his police box by a thug, then drugged with a juice; when he wakes, a murder has occurred nearby, the victim's missing money is found in his pocket, and his own gun is the murder weapon. Though released without charge, Kojima is forced to resign. Vowing to catch the real culprit, he tracks the thug to a cabaret, but the thug is shot dead, followed by a nude dancer who might have known the truth...
Cast
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Hiroyuki Nagato
as Kojima Takao
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Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
as Iseki (Detective Chief)
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Tōru Abe
as Matsudo Jōkichi
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Hiroshi Kondō
as Takaoka Kakuji
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Shirō Ōsaka
as Imaeda (Detective)
- Keisuke Yukioka as Ōtsuki (Detective)
- Jun Miyazaki as Koishi (Detective)
- Hisaaki Itô as Police Chief
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Saburo Hiromatsu
as Prosecutor
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Hisako Tsukuba
as Shin Seiko (or Aratase Iko)
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Kaku Takashina
as Masae
- Yukari Kishiro as Inui Namiko
- Shinsuke Maki as Niida
- Masaru Kamiyama as Nemoto
- Yōko Kozono as Wakamiya Sanae
Crew
- Hiroshi Noguchi Director
- Kazue Nagatsuka Director of Photography
- Hajime Takaiwa Writer