Jan 28, 1962
86 min
Full-HD

The Eve of the Chinese Festival (1962)

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?

Category

Drama Crime

Country

Japan

Companies

Toei Company

Ryutaro Otomo

Umon Kondo

Shunji Sakai

Talking Denroku

Eitarō Shindō

Michirō Minami

Yataro Kurokawa

Masao Mishima

Hiromi Hanazono

Kensaku Hara

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