A Trap
1965, Japanese. Directed by Yoji Yamada.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Yoji YamadaDirector
- Chieko BaishoKiriko Yanagida
- Osamu TakizawaKinzô Ôtsuka
- Michiyo AratamaMichiko Kôno
- Yūsuke KawazuKen'ichi Sugita
- Yōsuke KondōKôichi Abe
- Taketoshi NaitōProsecutor Shimada
- Shigeru TsuyuguchiMasao Yanagida
- Etsuko IchiharaNobuko
- Koji KiyomuraHisaoka
- Masakazu KuwayamaOkumura
- Torahiko HamadaJudge
- Kenzō TabuDetective
Details
- Released
- 28 May 1965
- Original title
- 霧の旗
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Shinobu Hashimoto
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A Trap runs 111 minutes (1h 51m).
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What movies are like A Trap?
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Who directed A Trap?
A Trap (1965) was directed by Yoji Yamada and stars Chieko Baisho, Osamu Takizawa, Michiyo Aratama.