Rentaro Mikuni, Sachilo Hidari, Koji Mitsui, Yoshi Kato. Title from web page. Originally released as a motion picture in 1965. Wide screen. Bonus materials: Introduction by writer and curator Jasper Sharp; Scene-specific commentaries; Original theatrical trailer; Image gallery; Tomu Uchida filmography; Reversible sleeve featuring; First pressing only.
Summary:
In 1947, a freak typhoon sends a passenger ferry running between Hokkaido and mainland Japan plunging to the ocean depths, with hundreds of lives lost. During the chaos, three men are witnessed fleeing a burning pawnshop in the Hokkaido port town of Iwanai. The police suspect theft and arson, and when Detective Yumisaka discovers the burned remains of a boat and the corpses of two men, he sets about tracking the shadowy third figure. Meanwhile, the mysterious Takichi Inukai takes shelter with a prostitute, Yae, a brief encounter that will come to define both of their lives. A decade later, long after the trail has gone cold, Yumisaka is called back by his successor Detective Ajimura as two new dead bodies are found.
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