Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer

Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer

1957 · 83 min · Crime, Drama

After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime scene. As a result, they found a wallet with bloodstains that seemed to belong to the victim, a woman's wallet that did not fit the field, earrings, and other valuable materials, which led them on a foot search. The woman's purse had been picked up by a male prostitute on the subway, and from the prostitute's testimony, they were able to identify the pickpocket's face, but the next day, the man was found dead in a road accident, apparently murdered.

Directed by Shigehiro Ozawa · Written by Kimiyuki Hasegawa

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Police Precinct

Police Precinct · 1956

Police Precinct

A taxi robbery and murder occurred in Fukagawa late at night. Detectives Nagata and Miyagawa of the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division, who suspect the perpetrator as a habitual offender, flew to Yanagibashi using the remains as clues, and suspect a forester, but before this case was closed, a new incident using the same method occurred in Shinbashi, and this time the driver's corpse was not found.

Police Precinct Part 2

Police Precinct Part 2 · 1956

Police Precinct Part 2

MovieCrimeMystery

Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer

Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer · 1956

Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer

A robbery and murder occurred at a gas station facing the national highway at 1:00am. Detectives Nagata, head of the First Investigation Division, begins investigating. Two bullets were removed from the corpse of a staff member on duty at the station, and the last car to be refilled with gasoline, Sakura Taxi No. 5-E1044, appears on the line of investigation. The same night, a robbery murder case was discovered using the same US military gun that was used on the gas station victim.

Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon

Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon · 1957

Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon

MovieCrimeAction

A luxury car was stolen near a certain nightclub in Akasaka, and the owner of the car was shot and killed. The investigation by detective Nagata, head of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Headquarters, revealed that the perpetrator shot a silenced gun, and that a film camera was taken away from the car he abandoned. Furthermore, fluids left at the scene indicate that the perpetrator was a tuberculosis patient...

Police Precinct Part 5

Police Precinct Part 5 · 1957

Police Precinct Part 5

The fifth installment of the Metropolitan Police Department story series. This time, detectives from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division are once again in action, full of thrills and speed, in pursuit of the perpetrator of a mysterious murder that suddenly occurred at an auto race track.

Police Precinct Part 7

Police Precinct Part 7 · 1958

Police Precinct Part 7

MovieDramaCrime

The body of a woman was found in a manhole. Is it an affair? The victim is a clerk at a mannequin manufacturing company. At the age of 26, she was a widow with a child, and she went missing after he went to collect her salary from the bank. A colleague at work said the victim was wearing an opal ring, but the bank clerk says she wore a jade ring when he came to withdraw money.

Police Precinct Part 8

Police Precinct Part 8 · 1958

Police Precinct Part 8

MovieCrimeMystery

Four taxi drivers are found dead in four days. Suddenly, a taxi, trying to avoid hitting a patrol car, veers off and hits a tree. Three men run out and escape. From inside the truck comes the body of the taxi driver.

Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face

Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face · 1959

Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face

MovieCrimeDrama

A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body is only the torso. Her legs were discovered on the opposite bank. The only clue, a man was trying to throw something in from a car with a license plate number three days ago at Shin-Arakawa Ohashi Bridge...

Police Precinct Part 12

Police Precinct Part 12 · 1960

Police Precinct Part 12

In a corner of a warehouse at Shiodome Station, a alumni trunk, is found with the terrible smell of decay. The dead body of a woman is inside. Since the trunk was shipped from Osaka Tennoji Station, the murder investigation headquarters were established in Tokyo and Osaka

Police Precinct Part 13

Police Precinct Part 13 · 1960

Police Precinct Part 13

MovieCrimeMystery

On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was determined. Detectives Hayashi, Kaneko, Nagata and Yamagata begin their investigation, suspecting the parents of the murdered child. They use a towel, baby diapers and bruises on the baby's body as clues in the investigation. Who killed the baby?

Police Precinct Part 14

Police Precinct Part 14 · 1960

Police Precinct Part 14

MovieMysteryCrime

An elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, informed the First Investigation Department that her son Hirasaka, who runs a shoe store, had disappeared. The detectives had a bad feeling which hit the mark, an unidentified drowned body is identified as Hirasaka. Some prime real estate he owned was also mysteriously sold. Suspecting that this is a planned murder and fearing the escape of the criminal, the Department begins to investigate secretly, without creating an investigation headquarters.

Police Precinct Part 17

Police Precinct Part 17 · 1961

Police Precinct Part 17

MovieCrimeDrama

The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before, and the evidence, in addition to shoe horns and handkerchiefs, is soap with the name of the tavern. When detectives at Shiogama Station followed the man's tracks, it turned out that he had come from Ueno.

Police Department Part 15: Alibi

Police Department Part 15: Alibi · 1961

Police Department Part 15: Alibi

MovieCrimeMystery

The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an alibi for the suspects. A security guard was killed in the building, the safe was broken into, but nothing was stolen. The three suspects have alibis, but who then killed the guard and broke into the safe? The 15th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department. Sonny Chiba's first film role as one of the seven detectives.

Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman

Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman · 1961

Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman

MovieCrimeDrama

Detectives of the First Investigation Division are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, whose strangled corpse was found in the bay of the Tama River. The ugly behavior of adults hidden in the name of social welfare is exposed by the investigation. 16th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari".

Police Precinct: Mysterious Red Phone

Police Precinct: Mysterious Red Phone · 1962

Police Precinct: Mysterious Red Phone

MovieCrimeDrama

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Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19

Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19 · 1962

Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19

MovieCrimeDrama

In the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged man with an unusual rosary in his hand was dug up. An autopsy showed that the victim was about 40 years old, 170 cm tall, had bad teeth, and had been strangled about a month ago. The police department begins an investigation, Detectives Hayashi and Kitagawa set out to investigate the origin of the rosary, and Detectives Nagata and Watanabe begin interviewing construction workers. In the end, it turns out that the rosary belongs to some new religion... The 19th work from the series "Keishicho Monogatari".

Police Precinct Part 21

Police Precinct Part 21 · 1963

Police Precinct Part 21

MovieCrimeDrama

A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that the criminal strangled the victim with a bandage, smashed his face with an oil canister and burned the body, trying to hide the identity of the victim. But the investigation establishes that the victim is a former criminal named Hisashi Sayama. According to Sayama's daughter-in-law, a man named Kitamura got him a job, so he left home with a copy of the family register. Trying to find the killer, the First Investigation Department is investigating all over the country, including Akita, Yokkaichi and Okinawa.

Police Precinct: Backing Investigation

Police Precinct: Backing Investigation · 1963

Police Precinct: Backing Investigation

MovieCrimeDrama

A man confessed to killing a woman in a labyrinth 2 years ago. The detectives must now conduct a "backing investigation" to determine whether his confession is true, because the law states that a confession alone is not enough to make the case. The 20nd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.

Police Precinct Part 22: Teenage Footsteps

Police Precinct Part 22: Teenage Footsteps · 1963

Police Precinct Part 22: Teenage Footsteps

MovieCrimeDrama

A 16-year-old high school student Midori Matsumoto was found dead on the banks of the Tama River. The only clue is shoe marks on rubber soles. From the interview of witnesses, it became clear that Midori was walking with a guy last night. In addition, it turned out that Midori was close to a college student Kimoto, and a high school student Miyazaki. According to his friends, Miyazaki had an alibi, but Kimoto did not. A unique work in which the problems of teenage sex are considered from the point of view of the murder of a girl. The 21nd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.

Police Precinct: Confession

Police Precinct: Confession · 1964

Police Precinct: Confession

MovieCrimeDrama

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Police Precinct: Missing Person

Police Precinct: Missing Person · 1964

Police Precinct: Missing Person

MovieCrimeDrama

Two people disappeared, engineers of the companies Yamato Matsui and Koyama. The two worked overtime, and it is proven that they consumed alcohol together. According to the sushi restaurant employee who delivered an order around 9 p.m., the two were arguing loudly. Traces of blood were found at the scene, and it looks like a murder occurred. The Investigative Department begins an investigation… The 24th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.

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The Bandits · 1968

MovieActionCrime

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Third Generation Boss · 1974

Third Generation Boss

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The Decisive Power of Aikido

The Decisive Power of Aikido · 1975

The Decisive Power of Aikido

MovieHistoryAction

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The Hard Core Criminal

The Hard Core Criminal · 1973

The Hard Core Criminal

MovieCrimeThriller

In the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in a coal mine, which results in conflict between the prisoners and the warden to escalate.

A Wad of Notes

A Wad of Notes · 1970

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Three-Headed Tower

Three-Headed Tower · 1956

Three-Headed Tower

MovieHorrorMystery

Newly graduated Miyamoto Otone is to inherit a fortune from a distant relative on the condition that she marries Takato Shunsaku, a man she has never heard of. The lawyers haven't located Shunsaku yet, allowing Otone to think about whether she accepts the conditions of the will. One month later after, Takato Shunsaku is found. Murdered. At the birthday party of Otone's uncle. With Shunsaku dead and thus making it impossible for Otone to marry him, the inheritence is to split amongst all (living) family members. And yes, as always, that means that the potential successors get killed off one by one. But Kosuke Kindaichi is on the trail...

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Human Torpedoes · 1968

Human Torpedoes

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.

The Street Fighter

The Street Fighter · 1974

The Street Fighter

MovieActionCrime

Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.

Killer's Mission

Killer's Mission · 1969

Killer's Mission

Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the hostile Shogun Satsuma. On his mission he meets a cowardly Ronin who becomes his assistant, as well as a female spy and a female warrior...

Gambler's Legacy

Gambler's Legacy · 1969

Gambler's Legacy

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A yakuza member embarks on a trail of revenge for his murdered boss. Senzo, the successor of the Mita Family, searches for the man bearing a tattoo of a dragon who is said to be responsible for the death of their former leader.

Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony

Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony · 1969

Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony

MovieActionDrama

The industrial revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, who livelihoods are threatened, and the railroad construction workers. Oryu the Red Peony returns to her home in Kumamoto to accept her position as second generation leader of the Yano Family. But the ceremony is interrupted by fighting between local boatmen and railroad works. And it seems a rival family is pulling the strings behind the clashes.

Trials of an Okinawa Village

Trials of an Okinawa Village · 1971

Trials of an Okinawa Village

MovieActionDrama

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Return of the Street Fighter

Return of the Street Fighter · 1974

Return of the Street Fighter

MovieActionCrime

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Gambler: Victory Without Death

Gambler: Victory Without Death · 1967

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MovieCrimeAction

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