Shichinin no keiji

Shichinin no keiji

1963 · 90 min · Crime, Drama

Miyoko Sekiguchi, who works at a second-rate trading company, and car mechanic Koji Fukumoto are in love. The morning after Koji and Miyoko went out for a drive, the strangled corpse of a call girl is discovered in Toyamagahara. Chief Akagi, Detective Sergeant Sawada, and the other detectives begin to suspect Koji during their investigation. Koji insists he's innocent, but has no evidence to prove it. Even when detectives come to Miyoko's home and workplace and her coworkers begin to look down on her, Miyoko continues to trust and love Koji...

Directed by Yoshikazu Ōtsuki · Written by Kimiyuki Hasegawa

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Yūji Hori
Shinsuke Ashida
Kenji Sugawara Detective Sugiyama
Hideo Sato Detective Minami
Hideo Kidokoro Detective Nakajima
Yōichirō Mikawa Detective Konishi
Toshiaki Amada Detective Kubota
Chieko Baisho Miyoko Sekiguchi
Tamotsu Hayakawa Koji Fukumoto
Keisuke Sonoi
Reiko Hitomi
Manami Fuji Tomoko Uehara

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