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Detective Story (1983)
Directed by Kichitaro Negishi
Overview
Naomi is a university student who is leaving for the US to study in a week; Shuichi is a washed-up gumshoe who’s hired by Naomi’s father to bodyguard his daughter until she leaves. Shuichi finds the job annoying and wants to quit. But he also has a screwed-up ex and alimony to pay. Things go from bad to worse when Naomi and Shuichi stumble upon a murder which might involve the yakuza. They decide to find out who committed the murder but God knows what it will lead to.
Length 111 minutes
Actors
Hiroko Yakushimaru | Yûsaku Matsuda | Risa Akikawa | Kyôko Kishida | Yuki Kitazume | Miwa Sakagami | Strong Kongo | Yoshihiro Katô | Noboru Mitani | Michihiro Yamanishi | Ryôichi Kusanagi | Yûsuke Nagumo | Hiroshi Shimizu | Hyôe Enoki | Takashi Shikauchi | Akiko Nakamura | Keizo Kanie | Chu Arai | Ichirô Zaitsu | Susumu Fujita | Hayashiya Kikuo