Container of (work): Kuro no tesuto kā (Motion picture) Container of (work): Kuro no hōkokusho (Motion picture) Black report.
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Black test car: Jirō Tamiya, Junko Kanō, Eiji Funakoshi, Hideo Takamatsu, Bontarō Miake, Yosuke Takemura, Ichirō Sugai, Kichijirō Ueda, Toshiko Hasegawa, Tatsuo Hanabu, Kenji Ōyama, Kōichi Itō, Eiichi Takamura, Saburō Sakai, Takashi Nakamura, Jun Osanai, Yuji Moriya, Reiko Hibiki, Ichirō Aminaka, Wakayo Matsumura, Gen Harada. The black report: Ken Utsui, Junko Kanō, Hideo Takamatsu, Bontarō Miake, Eitarō Ozawa, Taiji Tonoyama, Mieko Kondō, Takashi Nakamura, Keiko Yuge, Shizuo Chūjō, Kenji Ōyama, Eiichi Takamura, Tetsuya Watanabe, Yūzō Hayakawa, Koji Kosugi, Mitsuko Tanaka, Gen Harada, Masako Katō. English language credits from subtitles. 'Black test car' based on a novel by Toshiyuki Kajiyama. "The black report' based on a novel by Sen Saga. Originally released as motion pictures in 1962-1963. Wide screen (2.35:1). Special features: Original uncompressed Japanese mono audio on both films; Optional newly translated English subtitles on both films; Newly recorded critical appreciation by Jonathan Rosenbaum; theatrical trailers for both films; image galleries for both films. Accompanying booklet includes: Cast and crew for both films; Essay, "A longitudinal view of Daiei's 'Black' series" (2020) by Mark Downing Roberts; About the transfers.
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Kuro no tesuto kā = Black test car / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Gentaro Nakajima ; original story by Toshiyuki Kajiyama ; screenplay by Kazuo Funabashi, Yoshihiro Ishimatsu ; directed by Yasuzo Masumura (1962, black & white, 95 min.) -- Kuro no hōkokusho = The black report / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Kazuo Tsukaguchi & Hiroaki Fujii ; written by Yoshihiro Ishimatsu ; directed by Yasuzo Masumura (1963, black & white, 94 min.).
Summary:
Black test car: In a bitter, take-no-prisoners corporate war between the Tiger Motorcar Company and their competitors, the Yamato Company, undercover spies have infiltrated both sides. As Tiger prepares to launch its newest "Pioneer" car and a prototype bursts into flames, Onada heads a secretive task force to root out Yamato's spy, and find out what they can about the competitor's familiar-looking new model The black report: A young public prosecutor in Chiba is assigned to a case in which a company president has been murdered. The police quickly determine the particulars of the crime, leading the prosecutors' office to feel the case may be readily solved.
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