Thriller · Japan · 1957 · 1h 26m

The Decoy

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Director

Cast

Ryō Ikebe as Detective Hoshino Mitsuko Kusabue as Setsuko (Hoshino’s wife) Keiko Ieda as Toshiko Horiuchi Susumu Fujita as Saitō (Chief Inspector) Momoko Kôchi as Ikuko Koide (Prosecutor’s daughter) Makoto Satō as Ryōsuke Yamashita (Escaped convict)

Crew

Masao Tamai — Director of Photography Kôichi Iwashita — Editor Yasushi Akutagawa — Original Music Composer Takeo Murata — Screenplay Tomoyuki Tanaka — Producer

Synopsis

Thriller about three escaped convicts, one of whom (Sato), plans to murder the wife of a detective (Ikebe) whom he blames for the suicide of his pregnant mistress.

Key Collaborators

Hideo Suzuki Director Masao Tamai Director of Photography Kôichi Iwashita Editor Yasushi Akutagawa Original Music Composer Takeo Murata Screenplay Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer

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