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Kidnapper

19551h 21mMovie

A series of kidnappings is occurring right under the authorities’ noses as they desperately pursue the culprits. Could the typewritten ransom note reveal the culprit?

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Cast

Yoshirō Kitahara
Ryūji Shinagawa
Kenichi Miyajima
Gen Harada
Tatsuo Hanabu
Manabu Morita
Sho Natsuki
Rin Sugimori
Hideo Takamatsu
Hiroko Yajima
Mineko Sugiyama
Mieko Kondō
Chizuko Ohama
Tsuneko Sudō

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Director: Hiroshi Mizuno
Writers: Kimiyuki Hasegawa, Toshihiko Kema
Release date: October 12, 1955
Runtime: 1h 21m
Original language: Japanese
Studios: Daiei Film

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Wardriver20265.6
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Trapped20024.2
Another Day in Paradise19986.1
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Appointment with Death19886.1

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