Movie Drama
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Japan Japan
Ken Takakura Chieko Baisho Ayumi Ishida Setsuko Karasuma Yuko Kotegawa Kunie Tanaka Ryudo Uzaki Hideo Murota Nenji Kobayashi Raita Ryu Hideji Ōtaki Tanie Kitabayashi Minori Terada Akira Nagoya Masao Komatsu Kei Satō Yū Fujiki Akihiko Hirata Junkichi Orimoto Masao Imafuku Kiyoshi Yamamoto Yasukiyo Umeno Akira Hamada Isao Hashimoto Goro Kataoka Kai Ato Toshihiko Yamamoto Akira Nishikawa Tetsuya Ushio Ken Kazama Yûsuke Nagumo Miki Shimamura Susumu Ôtani Toyonori Murazoe Taizo Sayama Yudai Ishiyama Takuji Aoki Joji Nagai Tsutomu Akashi Shigeo Katô Hiroyuki Watarai Masao Takahashi Hiroyasu Noto Kenpachirō Satsuma Takeshi Iwabuchi Katsuoki Enomoto Sachiko Murase Masako Yagi Sayoko Tanimoto Megumi Sono Toki Shiozawa Jinpachi Nezu Toshiyuki Nagashima Tetsuya Takeda Ryō Ikebe
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