Fifth delivery in the Tarao Bannai series, following the "master detective with seven faces" who uses his signature disguise to solve crimes with a double-barreled pistol.
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Part of Bannai Tarao series
11 films
Seven Faces
Movie · 1946
Thirteen Eyes
Movie · 1947
Twenty-One Fingerprints
Movie · 1948
Thirty-three footprints
Movie · 1948
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
22 people
Chiezo Kataoka
The Man of Seven Faces
Also in
13 Assassins
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Kogiku Hanayagi
Kiyo Tonaki
Also in
Hero of the Red Light District
Samurai Hawk
Yoshitake Hisa
Yasushi Sasaki
Masahiko Izawa
Shinobu Chihara
Masami Tonaki
Known for
Moving
Heikichi Kakui
Mitsuko Miura
Takiko Morishita
Known for
The 47 Ronin
Shoji Sugita
Shin Tokudaiji
Tetsuo Aikawa
Also in
The Masseurs and a Woman
Morning for the Osone Family
Kenjirô Tôjô
Kensaku Hara
Soichi Tezuka
Known for
Osaka Elegy
Yasushi Sasaki Director · Yoshitake Hisa Screenplay Masashi Yoshimura Composer
First release August 10, 1953 · Produced in Japan · Original title 片目の魔王
Production
Toei Company
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
片目の魔王
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 10, 1953
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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