A Trap (1965)

  • NR
  • 05/28/1965 (JP)
  • Mystery, Drama, Crime
  • 1h 51m

Overview

When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.

Yoji Yamada

Director

Seicho Matsumoto

Novel

Shinobu Hashimoto

Screenplay

Cast

Chieko Baisho's headshot

Chieko Baisho

Kiriko Yanagida
Osamu Takizawa's headshot

Osamu Takizawa

Kinzô Ôtsuka
Michiyo Aratama's headshot

Michiyo Aratama

Michiko Kôno
Yūsuke Kawazu's headshot

Yūsuke Kawazu

Ken'ichi Sugita
Yōsuke Kondō's headshot

Yōsuke Kondō

Kôichi Abe
Taketoshi Naitō's headshot

Taketoshi Naitō

Prosecutor Shimada
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi's headshot

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Masao Yanagida
Etsuko Ichihara's headshot

Etsuko Ichihara

Nobuko

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