Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was killed in the middle of a game.
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Part of Bannai Tarao series
11 films
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Thirteen Eyes
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Twenty-One Fingerprints
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Thirty-three footprints
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One-Eyed Detective
Movie · 1953
Bannai Tarao Series Demon King of Kyokumadan
Movie · 1954
Foul Play
Movie · 1955
Seven Masks of Revenge
Movie · 1955
The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
Movie · 1956
Man of Thirteen Eyes
Movie · 1958
The Man of Seven Faces
Movie · 1960
Cast
36 people
Chiezo Kataoka
Bannai Tarao
Also in
13 Assassins
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Susumu Namishima
Hidehiko Nitta
Also in
Nanairo Kamen
The Boy Detectives Club – The Invisible Fiend
Chizuru Kitagawa
Masako Takamori
Known for
Anatahan
Yuriko Tashiro
Yuko Kawase
Known for
Late Autumn
Sumiko Hidaka
Emi Ishikawa
Known for
Double Suicide
Kenji Susukida
Takamasa Ishiguro
Also in
Magic Boy
Tuition
Masao Mishima
Haruo Kuboki
Known for
Harakiri
Late Spring
Takamaru Sasaki
Inspector Osawa
Known for
Throne of Blood
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Daisuke Katō
Goro Seo
Known for
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Yukie Kubo
Hamagiku
Also in
Story of Lightning
Jūrokumon karasudō: Sennin higan
Masao Shimizu
Tosuke Kawase
Known for
Godzilla Raids Again
Sanjuro
Eijirō Kataoka
Keiichi Togawa
Also in
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Hero of the Red Light District
Sadatsugu Matsuda Director · Yoshitake Hisa Screenplay Shiro Fukai Composer
First release January 3, 1955 · Produced in Japan · Original title 隼の魔王
Production
Toei Company
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
隼の魔王
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 3, 1955
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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