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The Eve of the Chinese Festival (1962)

1h 26m · 28 Jan 1962
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A kabuki actor is assassinated during a New Year celebration show, in front of everyone, fortunately the great detective Umon is among the audience. Along with his quirky assistant they set on the trail of revenge killing. Revenge for what? Who and where is the killer? And what does a treasure and swastika spider tattoos have to do with the case?

Movie ID27213
GenreCrime, Drama
DirectorToshikazu Kono
Main castRyutaro Otomo, Shunji Sakai, Eitarō Shindō, Michirō Minami, Yataro Kurokawa, Masao Mishima, Hiromi Hanazono, Kensaku Hara
Release date28 January 1962
Release year1962
LanguageJapanese
Duration86 min (1h 26m)
Rating8.0 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseToei Company

Director: Toshikazu Kono
Writers: Hajime Takaiwa

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Ryutaro OtomoUmon Kondo Shunji SakaiTalking Denroku Eitarō Shindō Michirō Minami Yataro Kurokawa Masao Mishima Hiromi Hanazono Kensaku Hara Eijirō Yanagi Hiroko Sakuramachi
Ryuji Kita
Kōtarō Satomi
Yachiyo Kirishima
Shinnosuke Ogata
Miss Wakasa
Kikuko Hojo Ichirō Izawa Akemi Misawa
Kinya Suzuki
立花雄吉

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