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Badge of the Night
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Badge of the Night

1963-03-31 · 101 min · Not rated

Drama · Crime

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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Directors
Akinori Matsuo
Production companies
Nikkatsu Corporation
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Akira KobayashiAkira Kobayashi
Naomi HoshiNaomi Hoshi
Ryōhei UchidaRyōhei Uchida
Shoichi OzawaShoichi Ozawa
Shirō ŌsakaShirō Ōsaka
Shōbun InoueShōbun Inoue
Noriko Matsumoto
Yukô Niki
Nobuo KawakamiNobuo Kawakami
Katsumi Shiina
Keiko AmajiKeiko Amaji
Haruna Kaburagi
Ichiro KijimaIchiro Kijima
Kōtarō Sugie

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