Plot
Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspenseful thriller while offering a critique of political corruption, hypocrisy, and journalistic cowardice in postwar Japan.
Writer | Susumu Saji |
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Director | Kinji Fukasaku |
Actor | Koji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Umemiya, Mayumi Ozora |
Country | Japan |
Production | Toei Company |