The Trap

Story

Synopsis

One summer night, officer Kojima is lured away from his police box by a thug, then drugged with a juice; when he wakes, a murder has occurred nearby, the victim's missing money is found in his pocket, and his own gun is the murder weapon. Though released without charge, Kojima is forced to resign. Vowing to catch the real culprit, he tracks the thug to a cabaret, but the thug is shot dead, followed by a nude dancer who might have known the truth...

Director

Hiroshi Noguchi

Writers

鷲尾三郎, Hajime Takaiwa

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Release date

22 June 1958

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Hiroyuki Nagato

  Kojima Takao

• 

  Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

  Iseki (Detective Chief)

• 

  Tōru Abe

  Matsudo Jōkichi

• 

  Hiroshi Kondō

  Takaoka Kakuji

• 

  Shirō Ōsaka

  Imaeda (Detective)

• Keisuke Yukioka

  Ōtsuki (Detective)

• Jun Miyazaki

  Koishi (Detective)

• Hisaaki Itô

  Police Chief

• 

  Saburo Hiromatsu

  Prosecutor

• 

  Hisako Tsukuba

  Shin Seiko (or Aratase Iko)

• 

  Kaku Takashina

  Masae

• Yukari Kishiro

  Inui Namiko