The Hungry Shinjuku Detective

The Hungry Shinjuku Detective

1994 · 90 min · Crime

The private eye of Shinjuku Yokubo Tantei is a lone wolf, lush, and loser but has kept his integrity in a dirty, dangerous world.

Directed by Etsu Tōtoku · Written by Yasushi Hirano

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