A Trap

1965

111 min

7.2

Ends at

When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.

Budget

$0

Genre

Mystery, Drama, Crime

Director

Yoji Yamada

Country

Japan

Cast & Crew

Chieko Baisho

Osamu Takizawa

Michiyo Aratama

Yūsuke Kawazu

Yousuke Kondou

Taketoshi Naitō

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Etsuko Ichihara

Koji Kiyomura

Masakazu Kuwayama

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A Trap

When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.

  • Chieko Baisho

  • Osamu Takizawa

  • Michiyo Aratama

  • Yūsuke Kawazu

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