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Black Lizard
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Black Lizard

Aug 14, 1968
1h 26m
★ 6.7

Overview

A detective tries to outwit a jewel thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to an exquisite diamond.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Akihiro Miwa

Black Lizard (Mrs. Midorikawa)

Akihiro Miwa

Isao Kimura

Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi

Isao Kimura

Jun Usami

Shobei Iwase

Jun Usami

Toshiko Kobayashi

Hina

Toshiko Kobayashi

Mitsuko Takara

Show dancer

Mitsuko Takara

Tetsuji Hattori

Toyama

Tetsuji Hattori

Kyōichi Satō

Ôkawa

Kyōichi Satō

Ryuji Funahashi

Kozu

Ryuji Funahashi

Sōnosuke Oda

Harada

Sōnosuke Oda

Tadayuki Okamoto

Tadayuki Okamoto

Isamu Shimizu

Isamu Shimizu

Yoshio Naka

Yoshio Naka

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