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Beppin Town (1989)

A movie adaptation of the novel of the same name by Haku Kenjo .

Genre : Action, Drama, Mystery

Runtime : 1H 43M

Director : Takahito Hara

Synopsis

An amateur op (detective) with a career as a former legal instructor . From the search for a runaway daughter requested by Akiko "Beppin" to the murder case. A mystery drawn with a hard-boiled touch set in Kobe (some locations in Ashiya and Yokohama ). The scenery of Kobe before the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake is included in various background scenes, and you can see the buildings and scenery that can not be seen now.

Actors

Kyôhei Shibata
Kyôhei Shibata
Me
Misako Tanaka
Misako Tanaka
Akiko Tamura
Masahiro Motoki
Masahiro Motoki
Shuji Sayama
Emi Wakui
Emi Wakui
Machiko Nakajima
Tetsuo Kurata
Tetsuo Kurata
Masatoshi Murakami
Masatoshi Murakami
Tōru Minegishi
Tōru Minegishi
Ryuji Katagiri
Ryuji Katagiri
Kanae Hasebe
Kanae Hasebe
Seiji Matano
Seiji Matano
Ito Yozaburo
Ito Yozaburo
Jun Yoshida
Jun Yoshida
Kaori Moritani
Kaori Moritani
Keishi Hunt
Keishi Hunt
Miho Tsumiki
Miho Tsumiki

Crews

Hiroshi Kashiwabara
Hiroshi Kashiwabara
Writer
Tatsuo Hattori
Tatsuo Hattori
Producer
Kazuo Kishimoto
Kazuo Kishimoto
Producer
Kikumatsu Soda
Kikumatsu Soda
Cinematography
Tatsuya Osada
Tatsuya Osada
Lighting Director
Masatsugu Hosoi
Masatsugu Hosoi
Grip
Shuji Nakamura
Shuji Nakamura
Art Direction
Isao Tomita
Isao Tomita
Editor
Shigeru Iizuka
Shigeru Iizuka
Casting
Masao Mochizuki
Masao Mochizuki
Producer
Kimio Nomura
Kimio Nomura
Music
Seiji Suzuki
Seiji Suzuki
Sound Director
Kenichi Watanabe
Kenichi Watanabe
Sound Effects
Takahito Hara
Takahito Hara
Director

Trailers and other movies

「べっぴんの町」予告篇 (1989)

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