Movielogr
Badge of the Night (1963)
Directed by Akinori Matsuo
Overview
A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person search soon becomes a murder case. Nightclub-managing, drug-dealing gangster Uchida is the prime suspect in the case until he commits suicide. Kobayashi then discovers evidence that points to the doctor sibling of an innocent girl. The climax in a rural snowy locale is suspenseful and well-staged.
Length 101 minutes
Actors
Akira Kobayashi | Naomi Hoshi | Ryôhei Uchida | Shoichi Ozawa | Shirô Ôsaka | Akifumi Inoue | Noriko Matsumoto | Yukô Niki | Nobuo Kawakami | Katsumi Shiina | Keiko Amaji | Haruna Kaburagi | Ichiro Kijima | Kôtarô Sugie