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Release Date:
December 17, 1977
Original Title:
霧の旗
Alternate Titles:
Kiri-no-hata
霧之旗
Genres:
Mystery
Production Companies:
Horipro
TOHO
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 95
Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. His sister Kiriko makes the long trip to Tokyo, specifically to accost Otsuka, Japan's top criminal defence lawyer, and plead with him to take her brother's case. They live in Kitakyushu which, though a city, she contends that the local lawyers are not up to the job. Otsuka contemptuously brushes her off. A year passes. Masao has suicided in jail, his appeal having failed due to the lack of interest and competence of the local defence lawyer. Kiriko returns to Tokyo, planning revenge on Otsuka for refusing the case and causing her brother's death.
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Art Direction:
Akiyoshi Satani
Associate Producer:
Hiroshi Kanazawa
Director:
Katsumi Nishikawa
Director of Photography:
Yonezō Maeda
Editor:
Akira Suzuki
Executive Producer:
Hideo Sasai
Takeo Hori
Lighting Technician:
Haruo Kawashima
Original Music Composer:
Masaru Satō
Original Story:
Seicho Matsumoto
Screenplay:
Kei Hattori
Sound Recordist:
Nobumasa Fukushima
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