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1961

Aku no hana

Incidental Murders

悪の華

Release Date
January, 22nd, 1961
Running Time
82 min
Genre
Feature
Color
-
Screening Format
-

[ Directed by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

SHOCHIKU

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

SHOCHIKU

[ Story ]

The daughter of the wealthy Soga family is kidnapped and her fiance is murdered. But the kidnappers, Tatsu and Sanko are unaware that Tatsuko is the heiress to a fortune. Two strong-arm brothers, Kosaka and Takeshi, learn of her identity and join the gang in an effort to shake down the tycoon for ten million yen.
Upon joining forces, their first move is to rid themselves of the driver whose identity is known to the police because of a cap which he left behind at the scene of the crime. Upon obtaining the ransom money, the brothers murder the two kidnappers and go to the port city of Kobe.
The younger brother, Takeshi, has fallen in love with the prisoner and refuses to allow her to be killed and they take her with them from one hideout to another. Things become further complicated when a bar madam presses her claim to part of the ransom money and Kosaka finally loses his temper and strangles her. Finally the police track the criminals to Kobe. The chase leads them over the picturesque countryside and ends with the sole survivor, Takeshi, falling to his death from a cable-car.

【Quoted from Unijapan Film Quarterly 1961 4.2】

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