The Eve of the Chinese Festival (1962)
Overview
A kabuki actor is assassinated during a New Year celebration show, in front of everyone, fortunately the great detective Umon is among the audience. Along with his quirky assistant they set on the trail of revenge killing. Revenge for what? Who and where is the killer? And what does a treasure and swastika spider tattoos have to do with the case?
Cast
Ryutaro Otomo
Umon Kondo
Shunji Sakai
Talking Denroku
Eitarō Shindō
Michirō Minami
Yataro Kurokawa
Masao Mishima
Hiromi Hanazono
Kensaku Hara
Eijirō Yanagi
Hiroko Sakuramachi
Kōtarō Satomi
Kikuko Hojo
Ichirō Izawa
Akemi Misawa
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