The Desperate

Apr 18, 1964

1h 34m

★ 7.0

Overview

A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths. Ace detective Sugai pursues Chiyo, the mistress of a man who was arrested for extortion, and takes advantage of her weakness. However, as his colleague Tokumochi and others regard him with suspicion, he is tormented by remorse.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Toei Company

The Desperate Trailers

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Cast

Chief Detective Sugai

Minoru Ōki

Chiyo Miyasaka

Chisako Hara

Detective Yasuda

Shoji Nakayama

Yamaguchi

Kō Nishimura

Chiba

Kunie Tanaka

Tomita

Hideo Murota

Chief Morito

Masaya Takahashi

Detective Tokumochi

Hisashi Igawa

Chief Osawa

Taiji Tonoyama

Detective Koshiki

Masao Oda

Chiba

Takashi Kanda

Yuji Takashiro

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