Night Trap

Night Trap

1967 · 85 min · Drama, Mystery

A woman's desperate attempt to prove her husband's innocence after he has been sentenced to death for the murder of his mistress. She tracks down four men in the victim's life, one of whom she suspects may be the real murderer, and systematically destroys them. In the end, her obsession becomes madness and she has ruined her own life along with her victims' lives to save her philandering husband.

Directed by Sōkichi Tomimoto · Written by Kazuo Funahashi

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