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The Merciless Trap (1961)

Directed by Jun Fukuda

Crime | Mystery

Overview

Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.

Length 82 minutes

Actors

Mie Hama | Kumi Mizuno | Akihiko Hirata | Tadao Nakamaru | Kunie Tanaka | Ichirô Nakatani | Makoto Satō | Tadashi Okabe | Shôichi Hirose | Nami Tamura | Kôji Uno | Masaya Nihei | Naoya Kusakawa | Yutaka Nakayama | Hideo Shibuya | Yû Sekita | Yoshiyuki Uemura

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
11/14/2020TVBroadcastVideo on Demand7 stars
11/16/2019ComputerBroadcastOther7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

For Mie Hama’s birthday DKUTV is doing a 17 hour marathon today of her films. Most I’ve seen but I’m excited for the few I haven’t seen including this early Toho production. It’s more a Kumi Mizuno flick but that works too!

Wish it wasn’t dubbed but you gotta take what you can get.

This is a story of an ex-con being framed for the murder of a girl (not clear on why that girl had to be killed). The ex-con (Makoto Sato) spends the reminder of the film searching for those who framed him. It’s a good flick and another one that should get a proper release here esp. since a dubbed version exists!

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