A Trap
1965•1h 51m•7.1•Released
MysteryDramaCrime
When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.
Director
Yoji Yamada
Writer
Shinobu Hashimoto
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Shochiku
Cast
Chieko Baisho
Kiriko Yanagida
Osamu Takizawa
Kinzô Ôtsuka
Michiyo Aratama
Michiko Kôno
Yūsuke Kawazu
Ken'ichi Sugita
Yōsuke Kondō
Kôichi Abe
Taketoshi Naitō
Prosecutor Shimada
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Masao Yanagida
Etsuko Ichihara
Nobuko
Koji Kiyomura
Hisaoka
Masakazu Kuwayama
Okumura
Torahiko Hamada
Judge
Kenzō Tabu
Detective
Sumiko Abe
Madam of the Kaiso bar
Takanobu Hozumi
Manager of the Minase
Chieko Misaki
Landlady
Production
Company
Shochiku
Producer
Shigeru Wakita
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