“A midnight jail break and a killer out for vengeance!”
At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was being arrested by detective Negoro, the detective's bullet struck Sakuko, Yamabe's girl friend who attempted to protect him, and crippled her. When Yamabe was sent to prison, Negoro cared for her and they fell in love. Sakuko asked him to marry her, but Negoro was reluctant to take the killer's sweetheart from him. Learning of the relationship of his girl friend and the detective, Yamabe had pledged revenge.
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Cast
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Go Wakabayashi
Detective Negoro
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Yoshiko Kayama
Sakuko
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Yūki Meguro
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Maki
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Seiji Endō
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Umetsugu Inoue Director · Shinji Fujiwara Story Taku Izumi Composer
First release September 15, 1971 · Produced in Japan · Original title 人間標的
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Shochiku
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Japan
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Original title
人間標的
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 15, 1971
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No release date listed for United States.
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