Underworld beauty = Ankokugai no bijo / American Cinematheque ; Vitagraph ; Chimera Entertainment ; Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha ; produced by Takashi Nishihara ; screenplay by Susumu Saji ; directed by Seijun Suzuki.
Publisher:
Home Vision Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2003
Description:
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (2 leaves ; black and white illustrations ; 19 cm).
Container of (work) : Ankokugai no bijo (Motion picture : 1958)
Notes:
Michitaro Mizushima, Mari Shiraki, Hideaki Nitani, Shinsuke Ashida, Hiroshi Kondo, Kaku Takashina, Toru Abe. Widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.35:1). Originally released as a motion picture in 1958. Includes Suzuki filmography. Wide screen (2.35:1). Accompanied by folded sheet including an essay by Tatsu Aoki.
Summary:
The moment he is released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he returns to his old haunt to make good by a friend who took a bullet for him, he is diverted by the greedy boss Oyane and his insatiable taste for Miyamoto's precious stones.
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