
Vengeance Is Mine(1979)
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.


A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not intend to be a kidnapper – he asks the girl to phone her mother and tell her she's with him. During their trip they meet various people, but they always must continue on, lest the man be arrested.

Tamori
R
Mai Yamato
Young Girl

Yumiko Fujita
Maiden

Jūzō Itami
Walking Man

Takuzō Kawatani
Farmer

Hōsei Komatsu
Pawn Shop Guy

Nobuko Miyamoto
The Inn's Daughter

Kaori Momoi
Young Girl's Mother

Hideo Murota
Drunken Guest
Chin Naitô
Prize Shop Owner
Kidnapping Blues is a crime, drama film released in 1982. Directed by Shinpei Asai, it stars Tamori, Mai Yamato, Yumiko Fujita. A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not intend to be a kidnapper – he asks the girl to phone her mother and tell her she's with him. During their trip they meet various people, but they always must continue on, lest the man be arrested.
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