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CrimeDramaMystery

A Fugitive from the Past

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Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest.

Release Date : 1965-01-15

Language :Japanese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Toei Company

Production Country : Japan

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Character Name : Takichi Inukai

Original Name : 三国連太郎

Gender : Male

Sachiko Hidari

Character Name : Yae Sugito

Original Name : 左幸子

Gender : Female

Kōji Mitsui

Character Name : Motojima

Original Name : 三井弘次

Gender : Male

Yoshi Katō

Character Name : Yae's Father

Original Name : 加藤嘉

Gender : Male

Sadako Sawamura

Character Name : Motojima's Wife

Original Name : 沢村貞子

Gender : Female

Susumu Fujita

Character Name : Police Chief

Original Name : 藤田進

Gender : Male

Akiko Kazami

Character Name : Toshiko

Original Name : 風見章子

Gender : Female

Seiichirō Kameishi

Character Name : Priest

Original Name : 亀石征一郎

Gender : Male

Akikane Sawa

Character Name :

Original Name : 沢彰謙

Gender : Male

Tadashi Suganuma

Character Name : Detective Sato

Original Name : Tadashi Suganuma

Gender : Male

Kōji Sekiyama

Character Name : Detective Horiguchi

Original Name : 関山耕司

Gender : Male

Nobuo Yana

Character Name : Machida

Original Name : 八名信夫

Gender : Male

Hajime Kubo

Character Name :

Original Name : Hajime Kubo

Gender : Male

Gōzō Sōma

Character Name :

Original Name : 相馬剛三

Gender : Male

Genji Kawai

Character Name : Sumoto

Original Name : 河合絃司

Gender : Male

Hideo Murota

Character Name : Pressman

Original Name : 室田日出男

Gender : Male

Osamu Kimura

Character Name :

Original Name : 木村修

Gender : Male

Akio Suzuki

Character Name : Detective Karaki

Original Name : Akio Suzuki

Gender : Male

Masanobu Ôkubo

Character Name :

Original Name : 大久保正信

Gender : Male

Tadashi Katō

Character Name :

Original Name : Tadashi Katō

Gender : Male

Ken Takakura

Character Name : Ajimura

Original Name : 高倉健

Gender : Male

Junzaburō Ban

Character Name : Yumisaka

Original Name : 伴淳三郎

Gender : Male

Hidesuke Sone

Character Name : Owner of Asahi Spa

Original Name : Hidesuke Sone

Gender : Male

Mitsuo Andō

Character Name : Chûkichi Kijima

Original Name : 安藤三男

Gender : Male

Rinichi Yamamoto

Character Name : Priest

Original Name : 山本麟一

Gender : Male

Sachi Shindô

Character Name : Yumisaka's Wife

Original Name : Sachi Shindô

Gender : Female

Itsuma Mogami

Character Name : Hachirô Numata

Original Name : Itsuma Mogami

Gender : Male

Tatsuya Kitayama

Character Name :

Original Name : Tatsuya Kitayama

Gender : Male

Kosaku Okano

Character Name : Detective Tonami

Original Name : 岡野耕作

Gender : Male

Junnosuke Takasu

Character Name : Takenaka

Original Name : Junnosuke Takasu

Gender : Male

Shirō Ōki

Character Name :

Original Name : 大木史朗

Gender : Male

Ryō Suga

Character Name :

Original Name : Ryō Suga

Gender : Male

Osamu Yamanouchi

Character Name :

Original Name : Osamu Yamanouchi

Gender : Male

Sakae Shima

Character Name :

Original Name : Sakae Shima

Gender : Male

Shōhachi Uchikoshi

Character Name :

Original Name : Shôhachi Uchikoshi

Gender : Male

Yuji Kitamine

Character Name :

Original Name : Yuji Kitamine

Gender : Male

Tomiko Makinouchi

Character Name :

Original Name : Tomiko Makinouchi

Gender : Male

Asako Maki

Character Name :

Original Name : Asako Maki

Gender : Male

Yuki Hayami

Character Name :

Original Name : Yuki Hayami

Gender : Male

Mineo Matsudaira

Character Name : Ichirô

Original Name : Mineo Matsudaira

Gender : Male

Kiyoshi Matsukawa

Character Name : Yumisaka's Second Son

Original Name : Kiyoshi Matsukawa

Gender : Male

Takashi Sawamura

Character Name :

Original Name : Takashi Sawamura

Gender : Male

Kōsaku Mita

Character Name :

Original Name : Kōsaku Mita

Gender : Male

Ryô Mihara

Character Name :

Original Name : Ryô Mihara

Gender : Male

Tamae Araki

Character Name :

Original Name : Tamae Araki

Gender : Male

Hisako Kawamura

Character Name :

Original Name : Hisako Kawamura

Gender : Male

Takashi Toyama

Character Name : Sgt. Tajima

Original Name : 外山高士

Gender : Male

Shinko Endô

Character Name :

Original Name : Shinko Endô

Gender : Male

Junji Nishimura

Character Name :

Original Name : Junji Nishimura

Gender : Male

Sadao Yagi

Character Name : Detective Iwata

Original Name : Sadao Yagi

Gender : Male

San'yû Saitô

Character Name :

Original Name : San'yû Saitô

Gender : Male

Kinto Tamura

Character Name :

Original Name : 田村錦人

Gender : Male

Akira Yano

Character Name :

Original Name : Akira Yano

Gender : Male

Chineko Sugawara

Character Name :

Original Name : Chineko Sugawara

Gender : Male

Yuriko Anjo

Character Name :

Original Name : 安城百合子

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-09-05

Sachiko Hidari ("Yae") is great in this film as the young geisha who shelters "Inukai" (Rentarô Mikuni) from a storm one night. Next morning he leaves her quite a sum of money - one that enables her to change her life, pay her debts - all whilst he disappears. That storm was actually a tornado that sank a local ferry boat. During that investigation, two unknown bodies are identified - and they are soon tied in with a fire that largely destroyed a local village where a robbery had taken place. Where had the money gone? Who killed the men? Many years later, "Yae" spots a photograph in a newspaper that she thinks might be her long lost benefactor and sets out to say thanks - with tragic consequences. It is a long film this, over 3 hours, but the clever - almost internecine - fashion in which the old and new stories are married together; the police investigations and the characterisations are carefully and fully crafted leaves us with quite a complex crime thriller. Now, sadly, what makes the thriller work so well is also what ruined the ending for me. It is flawed in so many ways as to make me want to shout at the screen. It's not that the ending itself is wrong, it is that the police procedures (remembering that there was little science involved in the process) are all just to convenient - far fetched, even. Still, this is a strongly paced, beautifully photographed piece of story-telling cinema that runs parallel narratives well and cohesively.