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Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
as Gisuke Hayashida
Yūnosuke Itō
as Lieutenant Ando
Yoshiko Sakuma
as Hana Takahashi
Shinjirō Ehara
as Baba Kurakichi
Mako Midori
as Fukuko Hayashida
Tanie Kitabayashi
as Hayashida's mother
Sonny Chiba
as Lawyer Ohki
Hideo Murota
as Saiki, News reporter
Kō Nishimura
as Cast
Yoshi Katō
as Lawyer Fujimoto
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1965
Runtime1h 57m
LanguageJapanese
CertificationNR
GenresCrime, Comedy
Votes8
DirectorSatsuo Yamamoto
WritersHajime Takaiwa, Atsushi Takeda
TypeFeature Film
Rating7.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsTale of Japanese Burglars
About Tale of Japanese Burglars
Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some communists are found guilty of causing the incident, but he knows it wasn't them. He can save innocent people but for that he must confess his own crime.
Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto, Tale of Japanese Burglars leans on a strong ensemble — Rentaro Mikuni, Yūnosuke Itō, Yoshiko Sakuma — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about crime titles of 1965.
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