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Black Lizard
Black Lizard

Black Lizard

Genres

Crime

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

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

86 mins

Rating

6.7/10

Release Date

31 July 1968

Country

Japan

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

Mitsuko Takara

Show dancer

Tetsuji Hattori

Tetsuji Hattori

Toyama

Kyōichi Satō

Kyōichi Satō

Ôkawa

Ryuji Funakoshi

Ryuji Funakoshi

Kozu

Sōnosuke Oda

Sōnosuke Oda

Harada

Tadayuki Okamoto

Tadayuki Okamoto

Isamu Shimizu

Isamu Shimizu

Yoshio Naka

Yoshio Naka

Ryuta Shimizu

Ryuta Shimizu

Ryûsuke Kita

Ryûsuke Kita

Jun Kashima

Jun Kashima

Sakai

Ryokutarō Hanai

Ryokutarō Hanai

Toshiyuki Watanabe

Toshiyuki Watanabe

Teruko Higa

Teruko Higa

Midori Kashiwagi

Midori Kashiwagi

Keiko Shirakawa

Keiko Shirakawa

Kenji Sonoda

Kenji Sonoda

Akio Kashi

Akio Kashi

Kosaku Yamada

Kosaku Yamada

Akie Kokubu

Akie Kokubu

Kōsaku Yamayoshi

Kōsaku Yamayoshi

Junji Tsubaki

Junji Tsubaki

Maki Izumi

Maki Izumi

Hideaki Komori

Hideaki Komori

Shuichi Oki

Shuichi Oki

Nobuyuki Shima

Nobuyuki Shima

Terumitsu Kawashima

Terumitsu Kawashima

Hideto Nakagawa

Hideto Nakagawa

Shôtarô Ôshima

Shôtarô Ôshima

Tatsumi Ichiyama

Tatsumi Ichiyama

Maya Hidaka

Maya Hidaka

Sukeyuki Sawada

Sukeyuki Sawada

Susumu Aoyagi

Susumu Aoyagi

Yūsuke Kawazu

Yūsuke Kawazu

Junichi Amamiya

Kikko Matsuoka

Kikko Matsuoka

Sanae Iwase / Yoko Sakurayama

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Detective Matoba

Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba

Kuroki

Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima

Human statue

Nobuo Takagi

Nobuo Takagi

(uncredited)

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