Brand of Evil
Brand of Evil

Movie·1964·2h 13m

Brand of Evil

How bizarre can a murder be?

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 悪の紋章

A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for smuggling drugs and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency, where he is asked to investigate Mitsue Takazawa, the wife of a local trading firm president. While secretly conducting his own research, he finds out that Takazawa's husband is the one, responsible for Kikuchi's imprisonment, who also have set sights on Setsuko, a woman Kikuchi becomes romantically involved with.

Written By

Sakae Hirosawa

Music

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Themes

based on novel or book

Production House

Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd.
TOHO

Audience Score

77%

3 votes

Skip7%
Timepass17%
Go for it38%
Perfection38%

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Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Kikuchi Masaaki

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

Asai Setsuko

Kyôko Kishida

Kyôko Kishida

Takazawa Mitsue

Keiji Sada

Keiji Sada

Takazawa Shigeharu

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Tsukamoto

Shirō Ōsaka

Shirō Ōsaka

Matsuno

Akemi Kita

Akemi Kita

Kikuchi Etsuko

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Eguchi

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Yuasa Teizo

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Shibata Kinichi

Asao Uchida

Asao Uchida

Takazawa's assistant

Gen Shimizu

Gen Shimizu

Tatsuo Endō

Tatsuo Endō

// crew

Crew

Sakae Hirosawa

Screenplay

Hiromichi Horikawa

Hiromichi Horikawa

Screenplay, Director

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Original Music Composer

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