Intimidation
1960 · 65 min · ★ 7.2 · Crime, Drama, Thriller
Koreyoshi Kurahara's ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a desperate bank manager, blackmailed for book-cooking, and his resentful but timid underling, passed over for a promotion. The marvelously moody Intimidation is an elegantly stripped-down and carefully paced crime drama.
Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara · Written by Osamu Kawase
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Jun Hamamura Nozaki -
Kō Nishimura Matakichi Nakaike -
Nobuo Kaneko Kyosuke Takita - Y Yōko Kozono Kumiko
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Kōjirō Kusanagi Shinji Kumaki -
Mari Shiraki Umeha -
Zenji Yamada Ono -
Tomio Aoki -
Reiko Arai - N Norikatsu Hanamura
- T Toshizō Kudō
- C Chiyoko Shimizu
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