A Trap

A Trap

1965 · 111 min · ★ 7.1 · Mystery, Drama, Crime

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.

Directed by Yoji Yamada · Written by Shinobu Hashimoto

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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

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