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Directed by Masuichi Iizuka, Police Precinct Part 13 leans on a strong ensemble — Yūji Hori, Rinichi Yamamoto, Shoji Nakayama — 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 1960.
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A private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.
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