Take Aim at the Police Van
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At the beginning of Seijun Suzuki’s taut and twisty whodunit, a prison truck is attacked and a convict inside murdered. The penitentiary guard on duty, Daijiro (Michitaro Mizushima), is accused of negligence and suspended, only to take it upon himself to track down the killers.
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Cast
- Michitaro Mizushima
- Daijiro Tamon
- Mari Shiraki
- Tsunako Ando
- Misako Watanabe
- Yuko Hamashima
- Shinsuke Ashida
- Jube Hamashima
- Shoichi Ozawa
- Goro Kashima
- Ryohei Uchida
- Kuji
- Toru Abe
- Akahori
- Tatsuo Matsushita
- Captain Takamura
- Saburo Hiromatsu
- Ota
- Reiko Arai
- Osen
- Toyo Fukuda
- House wife
- Kotoe Hatsui
- Merchant's wife
- Hiroshi Osa
- Yuhata
Credits
- Director
- Seijun Suzuki
- Producer
- Ryoji Motegi
- Based on a story by
- Kazuo Shimada
- Screenplay
- Shinichi Sekizawa
- Cinematography
- Shigeyoshi Mine
- Lighting
- Shinnosuke Ando
- Recording
- Saburo Takahashi
- Production direction
- Bugen Sakaguchi
- Editing
- Akira Suzuki
- Music
- Koichi Kawabe
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