Tarao Bannai (1978)

9.5/10 • 104 min •

Overview

Baseball player Takatsuka is murdered mid-game in front of a large crowd. The autopsy reveals that he has been killed by a needle coated with a poison used by the Ainu tribe for hunting. The next morning, sports photographer Kawase is killed in the same manner. Kawase’s sister, Yuko, hires Taro Banai, the detective with seven faces, to uncover the truth.

Cast

Akira Kobayashi

Aki Yashiro

Yoko Natsuki

Ann Lewis

Toshiaki Minami

Midori Takei

Atsuko Kawaguchi

Nami Misaki

Tōru Abe

Torahiko Hamada

Hirohisa Nakata

Kyōichi Satō

Isao Kuraishi

Detective Yamamoto

Masashi Ishibashi

Mikio Narita

Bin Amatsu

Hachiro Mochizuki

Ichirō Zaitsu

Detective Udagawa

Ryō Ikebe

Nobuyuki Kinomata

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