Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965, Japanese. Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto.
Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some communists are found guilty of causing the incident, but he knows it wasn't them. He can save innocent people but for that he must confess his own crime.
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Satsuo YamamotoDirector
- Rentaro MikuniGisuke Hayashida
- Yūnosuke ItōLieutenant Ando
- Yoshiko SakumaHana Takahashi
- Shinjirō EharaBaba Kurakichi
- Mako MidoriFukuko Hayashida
- Tanie KitabayashiHayashida's mother
- Sonny ChibaLawyer Ohki
- Hideo MurotaSaiki, News reporter
- Kō NishimuraCast
- Yoshi KatōLawyer Fujimoto
- Takeshi KatōPublic prosecutor Tamura
- Etsuko IchiharaMomoko
Details
- Released
- 1 May 1965
- Original title
- にっぽん泥棒物語
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Hajime Takaiwa, Atsushi Takeda
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Tale of Japanese Burglars runs 117 minutes (1h 57m).
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Tale of Japanese Burglars isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 May 1965. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Tale of Japanese Burglars?
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Who directed Tale of Japanese Burglars?
Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965) was directed by Satsuo Yamamoto and stars Rentaro Mikuni, Yūnosuke Itō, Yoshiko Sakuma.