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Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso

20025.0 / 1090 min
Drama, Crime, Mystery

Overview

At the end of World War II, a secret human experiment was being conducted in Manchuria, which was in the sphere of influence of the Japanese military. One man's face was to be transformed into that of a completely different person through plastic surgery. Shortly after operation, Japanese military facility where the man was staying was involved in a battle and collapsed, and he disappeared. In 1948, a letter of warning from the Twenty Faces was posted on the wall of the Japanese Museum. The notice read, “All national treasures will be taken away. The police, aware of the warning letter, rush to the Japanese Museum...

Cast

Masakazu Tamura

Masakazu Tamura

Kogoro Akechi

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

Niju Menso

Rie Miyazawa

Rie Miyazawa

Fumiyo Yoshinaga

Masahiko Nishimura

Masahiko Nishimura

Aikawa

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshiyuki Nishida

Dr. Shibata

Hitomi Kuroki

Hitomi Kuroki

Amagasaki widow

Shirō Itō

Shirō Itō

Lieutenant Nakamura

Soichiro Kitamura

Soichiro Kitamura

Curator Kitakoji

Crew

Rampo Edogawa

Rampo Edogawa

Author

Yasuo Yagi

Yasuo Yagi

Producer

Yamamoto Kiyota

Yamamoto Kiyota

Writer

Katsuo Fukuzawa

Katsuo Fukuzawa

Director