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The Stairway to the Distant Past

The Stairway to the Distant Past

Part of Maiku Hama Private Eye Trilogy

1995•1h 41m•7.0/10
DramaCrime

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7.0/10(8)

Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle. But when Lily, a beautiful stripper from out of Hama's past, returns to town, the fuse is lit on a criminal powder keg set to blow the lid off the Yokohama underworld.

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Production

Eizo Tanteisha, For Life Records Inc.

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Masatoshi Nagase

Masatoshi Nagase

Maiku Hama

Haruko Wanibuchi

Haruko Wanibuchi

Lily Hama

Eiji Okada

Eiji Okada

White Man

Sumiko Sakamoto

Minato Mary

Joe Shishido

Joe Shishido

Jo Shishido

Kiyotaka Nanbara

Hoshino

Françoise Moréchand

Mika Ohmine

Akane Hama

Shiro Sano

Shiro Sano

Masaru Kanno

Akaji Maro

Akaji Maro

Lt. Nakayama

Shinya Tsukamoto

Shinya Tsukamoto

Yamaguchi

Tetta Sugimoto

Tetta Sugimoto

Sugimoto

Keiji Matsuda

Keiji Matsuda

Matsuda

Kazuko Shirakawa

Kazuko Shirakawa

Sachiko Shibata

Noriko Sengoku

Noriko Sengoku

Asa

Zen Kajihara

Zen Kajihara

Yoshimasa Kondo

Yoshimasa Kondo

Kenji Anan

Kenji Anan

Masako Miyaji

Masako Miyaji

Yōichi Sai

Yōichi Sai

Chief of Police

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