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The Eve of the Chinese Festival

19620.0 / 1086 min
Drama, Crime

Overview

A kabuki actor is assassinated during a New Year celebration show, in front of everyone, fortunately the great detective Umon is among the audience. Along with his quirky assistant they set on the trail of revenge killing. Revenge for what? Who and where is the killer? And what does a treasure and swastika spider tattoos have to do with the case?

Cast

Ryutaro Otomo

Ryutaro Otomo

Umon Kondo

Shunji Sakai

Shunji Sakai

Talking Denroku

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō Shindō

Michirō Minami

Michirō Minami

Yataro Kurokawa

Yataro Kurokawa

Masao Mishima

Masao Mishima

Hiromi Hanazono

Hiromi Hanazono

Kensaku Hara

Kensaku Hara

Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Ryuji Kita

Ryuji Kita

Kōtarō Satomi

Kōtarō Satomi

Crew

Toshikazu Kono

Toshikazu Kono

Director

Hajime Takaiwa

Hajime Takaiwa

Screenplay

Mitsuzō Sasaki

Mitsuzō Sasaki

Novel

Seiichi Suzuki

Seiichi Suzuki

Music

Katsumi Kawai

Katsumi Kawai

Editor

Takeo Itō

Takeo Itō

Director of Photography