Japanese Detective Movies 1975 - mid 90s
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- DirectorEiichi KudôStarsYûsaku MatsudaHyôe EnokiMari HenmiBJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. He does not earn much with it and to make ends meet he also acts as a private detective.
- DirectorHisayasu SatôStarsNaoto YoshimotoTakeshi ItôYôji TanakaA police detective investigating a vicious string of homosexual murders discovers that the latest victim appears to be the married executive who was his college lover ten years before.
- DirectorSusumu KodamaStarsShin KishidaKoichi KitamiYûsaku MatsudaYusaku Matsuda plays the part of a private detective in this modern day "who dunnit" mystery.
- DirectorJun'ya SatôStarsKen TakakuraYoshio HaradaRyô IkebeA tough police detective is falsely accused of corruption, and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.
- DirectorYôichi SaiStarsYûya UchidaAnn LewisKyôko KoizumiJukkai no Mosukito is the tragic story of a policeman who has never succeeded in anything in life and seems to be hopelessly bound to failure in all his undertakings. His ex-wife and daughter constantly badger him for more money but nothing else. As he lives alone the policeman buys a personal computer that he can ill-afford, in an effort to make some kind of human interaction.
- DirectorKon IchikawaStarsYutaka MizutaniToshiyuki NagashimaRie NakaharaThere is a shooting at a small bookstore in town. When the police arrive they find three victims two of whom have already died. One of the dead uttered something strange before dying. The criminal has fled the scene. Coincidentally, one of the victims is the girlfriend of one of the policemen.
- DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsKenji SawadaMasatoshi MurakamiShiori SakuraIn what turned out to be the final work of Toshiya Fujita, we follow the titular revolver as it passes, coincidentally or deliberately, from owner to owner and home to home bringing misery, curse or surprise to its then current owner. By following the gun the viewer meets its owners and gets to know their lives in a nondescript middle-class Japanese town. As it happens, an evil lies dormant in the hearts of some and a vile instrument can awaken it.
- DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoMaiko KawakamiMakoto AshikawaA violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs.
- DirectorKôji WakamatsuStarsYûya UchidaMieReiko NakamuraInspired by an actual crime involving chloroform, this revolutionary film shows the everyday madness of a railroad employee.
- DirectorKichitarô NegishiStarsHiroko YakushimaruYûsaku MatsudaLisa AkikawaA private detective and a college student find themselves in hot water while investigating the murder of a night club owner.
- DirectorTôru MurakawaStarsTatsuya FujiHiroaki MurakamiYôko IshinoA grizzled, no-nonsense cop will do whatever it takes to solve his case, even if that means recklessly disobeying orders and circumventing the law.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsMasato HagiwaraKoji YakushoTsuyoshi UjikiA frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.