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The Decoy

Hideo Suzuki

1957 • 1h 26m

Thriller about three escaped convicts, one of whom (Sato), plans to murder the wife of a detective (Ikebe) whom he blames for the suicide of his pregnant mistress.

The Decoy

Cast

Ryō Ikebe

Ryō IkebeDetective Hoshino

Mitsuko Kusabue

Mitsuko KusabueSetsuko (Hoshino’s wife)

Keiko IedaToshiko Horiuchi

Susumu Fujita

Susumu FujitaSaitō (Chief Inspector)

Momoko Kôchi

Momoko KôchiIkuko Koide (Prosecutor’s daughter)

Makoto Satō

Makoto SatōRyōsuke Yamashita (Escaped convict)

Kurôemon OnoeSenji Tabata (Escaped convict)

Chieko Nakakita

Chieko NakakitaKatsuko Horiuchi (Toshiko’s mother)

氏家真紀Mari (Bar woman)

Yoshibumi Tajima

Yoshibumi TajimaTsurukichi Togawa (Escaped convict)

Crew

Ken Ishikawa

Ken IshikawaOriginal Story

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Tomoyuki TanakaProducer

Yasushi Akutagawa

Yasushi AkutagawaOriginal Music Composer

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