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Underworld Beauty (1958)

Genre : Crime, Drama

Runtime : 1H 27M

Director : Seijun Suzuki
Writer : Susumu Saji

Synopsis

The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he returns to his haunt to make good by friend who took a bullet for him, he is diverted by the greedy boss Oyane and his insatiable taste for Miyamoto's precious stones. Replete with film noir style, "Underworld Beauty" is one of Suzuki's best nods to the American gangster genre.

Actors

Michitarō Mizushima
Michitarō Mizushima
Miyamoto
Mari Shiraki
Mari Shiraki
Akiko
Hideaki Nitani
Hideaki Nitani
Detective Watanabe
Shinsuke Ashida
Shinsuke Ashida
Ôyane
Hiroshi Kondô
Hiroshi Kondô
Arita
Kaku Takashina
Kaku Takashina
Ozawa
Tōru Abe
Tōru Abe
Mihara
Bumon Kahara
Bumon Kahara
Hatano
Keisuke Yukioka
Keisuke Yukioka
Jun Miyazaki
Jun Miyazaki
Yoneyama
Shôki Fukae
Shôki Fukae
Fujita
Seijiro Takano
Seijiro Takano
Police Officer
Zenji Yamada
Zenji Yamada
Setsuko Amamiya
Setsuko Amamiya
Keiko
Ryusei Ito
Ryusei Ito
Artisan
Tomio Aoki
Tomio Aoki
Artisan
Kazuo Mihara
Kazuo Mihara
Detective
Kazuo Kinugasa
Kazuo Kinugasa
Hiroshi Chō
Hiroshi Chō
Driver
Daisuke Ômi
Daisuke Ômi
Kyoichi Mizuki
Kyoichi Mizuki
Shirô Yanase
Shirô Yanase
Ichiro Kijima
Ichiro Kijima
Hiroshi Kato
Hiroshi Kato
Harold Conway
Harold Conway

Crews

Seijun Suzuki
Seijun Suzuki
Director
Toshitaro Nakao
Toshitaro Nakao
Director of Photography
Naozumi Yamamoto
Naozumi Yamamoto
Original Music Composer
Takeharu Sakaguchi
Takeharu Sakaguchi
Art Direction
Susumu Saji
Susumu Saji
Original Story
Susumu Saji
Susumu Saji
Screenplay
Midori Kuwabara
Midori Kuwabara
Script Supervisor
Kazunari Takeda
Kazunari Takeda
Assistant Director
Akira Suzuki
Akira Suzuki
Editor

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