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The Eve of the Chinese Festival
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The Eve of the Chinese Festival

1962
Directed byToshikazu Kono
1h 26m

A kabuki actor is assassinated during a New Year celebration show, in front of everyone, fortunately the great detective Umon is among the audience. Along with his quirky assistant they set on the trail of revenge killing. Revenge for what? Who and where is the killer? And what does a treasure and swastika spider tattoos have to do with the case?

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Ryutaro OtomoUmon KondoShunji SakaiTalking Denroku
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Eitarō Shindō
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Yataro Kurokawa
Masao Mishima
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Kensaku Hara
Eijirō Yanagi
Hiroko Sakuramachi
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GENRES
DramaCrime
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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