The Shadow of Fear (1956)
In the backstreets of Ginza, the boss of a hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by strangulation. The detective on the case soon hears rumors about the murder.
Top billed cast
- Shinsuke MakiYoshio
Keiko AmajiFujie
Sumiko MinamiMakiko
Toshiyuki IchimuraYama-san
Taketoshi NaitōInspector Yasumoto
Tanie Kitabayashi
Taiji Tonoyama
Masami Shimojō- Tatsuo Matsushita
Hiroshi Kondō
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