The Shadow of Fear

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Shinsuke Maki
牧真介

Yoshio

Keiko Amaji
Keiko Amaji

Fujie

Sumiko Minami
南寿美子

Makiko

Toshiyuki Ichimura
市村俊幸

Yama-san

Taketoshi Naitō
内藤武敏

Inspector Yasumoto

Tanie Kitabayashi
北林谷栄

Taiji Tonoyama
殿山泰司

Masami Shimojō
下條正巳

Tatsuo Matsushita
松下達夫

Hiroshi Kondō
近藤宏

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    In the backstreets of Ginza, the boss of a hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by strangulation. The detective on the case soon hears rumors about the murder.

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    1956-09-11

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