Stakeout

Jan 15, 1958

1h 56m

★ 6.9

Overview

Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Takao Yuki, the police detective

Minoru Ōki

Kyûichi Ishii, the murderer

Takahiro Tamura

Yuji Shimooka, the police detective

Seiji Miyaguchi

Sadako Yokokawa

Hideko Takamine

Mrs. Shimooka

Kin Sugai

Mr. Yokokawa

Masao Shimizu

Mr. Yamada, principal offender

Ryōhei Uchida

Mr. Takakura

Kamatari Fujiwara

Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya

Kumeko Urabe

Yumiko Takakura

Hizuru Takachiho

Mrs. Takakura

Tomoko Fumino

Miki Odagiri

Sari is a young, beautiful and intelligent girl who is busy studying at university,but she suffers from epilepsy and has to face death on a daily basis. Mikko is hersomewhat older university teacher, who is tired of life, and who one day decides toabandon his wife, children and idea of a perfect life. Both characters have been tooscared to live their lives to the brim for too long. But they meet, and in spite oftheir prejudices and reserved natures, they manage to create a dramatic and movingmodern romance which confronts numerous taboos. While the imagery explores theboundary between life and death in a most poetic way, the odd couple's romance istold with both bite and humour. Society - be it in the shape of angry ex-wives,overprotective parents, conservative aunts or embittered colleagues - is doing whatit can to put a spanner in the works."

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