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Brand of Evil

Brand of Evil

How bizarre can a murder be?

19647.52h 13m

Overview

A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for smuggling drugs and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency, where he is asked to investigate Mitsue Takazawa, the wife of a local trading firm president. While secretly conducting his own research, he finds out that Takazawa's husband is the one, responsible for Kikuchi's imprisonment, who also have set sights on Setsuko, a woman Kikuchi becomes romantically involved with.

Directed by Hiromichi Horikawa
Written by Sakae Hirosawa, Hiromichi Horikawa, Shinobu Hashimoto
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Top Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Kikuchi Masaaki

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

Asai Setsuko

Kyôko Kishida

Kyôko Kishida

Takazawa Mitsue

Keiji Sada

Keiji Sada

Takazawa Shigeharu

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Tsukamoto

Shirō Ōsaka

Shirō Ōsaka

Matsuno

Akemi Kita

Akemi Kita

Kikuchi Etsuko

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Eguchi

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Yuasa Teizo

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Shibata Kinichi

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or book

About Brand of Evil

Brand of Evil is a crime, drama film released in 1964 exploring themes of based on novel or book. Directed by Hiromichi Horikawa, it stars Tsutomu Yamazaki, Michiyo Aratama, Kyôko Kishida. A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for smuggling drugs and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency, where he is asked to investigate Mitsue Takazawa, the wife of a local trading firm president. While secretly conducting his own research, he finds out that Takazawa's husband is the one, responsible for Kikuchi's imprisonment, who also have set sights on Setsuko, a woman Kikuchi becomes romantically involved with.

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