Crime ·Comedy · Japan · 1969 · 1h 35m

The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club

大日本スリ集団

The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club poster
Director
Jun Fukuda
Cast
Keiju Kobayashi as Tomizô Funakoshi Norihei Miki as Heppei Hiradaira Noriko Takahashi as Kamie Kunie Tanaka as Kanegai Akihiko Hirata as Furansu Wakako Sakai as Akiko
Crew
Yuzuru Aizawa — Director of Photography Fumiko Ohashi — Editor Masaru Satō — Original Music Composer Giichi Fujimoto — Screenplay
Synopsis

A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pickpockets in Osaka. The detective (played by Keiju Kobayashi) and the leader of the gang (played by Norihei Miki) have an interesting wartime backstory together that fuels much of the story.

Key Collaborators
Jun Fukuda Director Yuzuru Aizawa Director of Photography Fumiko Ohashi Editor Masaru Satō Original Music Composer Giichi Fujimoto Screenplay
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