Black Lizard

Black Lizard

1968•1h 26m•6.8/10

CrimeComedyFantasyMysteryThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.8/10(28)

A detective tries to outwit an art loving thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to an exquisite diamond.

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Production

Shochiku

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Akihiro Miwa

Akihiro Miwa

Black Lizard (Mrs. Midorikawa)

Isao Kimura

Isao Kimura

Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi

Jun Usami

Jun Usami

Shobei Iwase

Toshiko Kobayashi

Toshiko Kobayashi

Hina

Mitsuko Takara

Show dancer

Tetsuji Hattori

Toyama

Kyōichi Satō

Kyōichi Satō

Ôkawa

Ryuji Funahashi

Kozu

Sōnosuke Oda

Sōnosuke Oda

Harada

Tadayuki Okamoto

Tadayuki Okamoto

Isamu Shimizu

Yoshio Naka

Tsuyuta Shimizu

Ryûsuke Kita

Jun Kashima

Sakai

Ryokutarō Hanai

Toshiyuki Watanabe

Teruko Higa

Midori Kashiwagi

Keiko Shirakawa

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