The Eve of the Chinese Festival

1h 26m
DramaCrime
8

A kabuki actor is assassinated during a New Year celebration show, in front of everyone, fortunately the great detective Umon is among the audience. Along with his quirky assistant they set on the trail of revenge killing. Revenge for what? Who and where is the killer? And what does a treasure and swastika spider tattoos have to do with the case?

Cast

Ryutaro Otomo
Umon Kondo
Shunji Sakai
Talking Denroku
Eitarō Shindō
Unknown
Michirō Minami
Unknown
Yataro Kurokawa
Unknown
Masao Mishima
Unknown
Hiromi Hanazono
Unknown
Kensaku Hara
Unknown
Eijirō Yanagi
Unknown
Hiroko Sakuramachi
Unknown
Ryuji Kita
Unknown
Kōtarō Satomi
Unknown
Yachiyo Kirishima
Unknown
Shinnosuke Ogata
Unknown
Miss Wakasa
Unknown
Kikuko Hojo
Unknown
Ichirō Izawa
Unknown
Akemi Misawa
Unknown
Kinya Suzuki
Unknown
立花雄吉
Unknown
Ikkō Ōkuni
Unknown

Crew

Toshikazu Kono
Director
Hajime Takaiwa
Screenplay
Mitsuzō Sasaki
Novel
Katsumi Kawai
Editor
Takeo Itō
Director of Photography
Seiichi Suzuki
Music

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