

The Shadow Within
1970-06-13 · 97 min · ★ 5.7
When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to murder him.
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- Directors
- Yoshitarō Nomura
- Production companies
- Shochiku
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Shima IwashitaYasuko Koiso
Gō KatōYukio Hamajima
Mayumi OgawaKeiko Hamajima
Yūsuke TakitaHamajima's uncle
Kaneko IwasakiHamajima's mother
Shinsuke Ashida
Yoshio Inaba
Yōsuke Kondō
Akiko Nomura
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