The Desperate (1964)

Drama
Crime

A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths. Ace detective Sugai (Oki Minoru) pursues Chiyo (Hara Chisako), the mistress of a man who was arrested for extortion, and takes advantage of her weakness. However, as his colleague Tokumochi (Hisashi Igawa) and others regard him with suspicion, he is tormented by remorse.

Cast

Minoru Ōki
Chisako Hara
Takashi Kanda
Y Yuji Takashiro
Fumitake Ōmura
S Seiichirō Kameishi
S Shunji Kasuga
Shigemi Kitahara
G Gen Takamori
K Kyoko Shinobazu
Shoji Nakayama
Kō Nishimura
Kunie Tanaka
Hideo Murota
Masaya Takahashi
Hisashi Igawa
Taiji Tonoyama
Masao Oda

Crew

Director
T Takaharu Saeki
Screenplay
Ichirō Ikeda
Novel
S Shôji Yuki
Original Music Composer
Masaru Satō
Director of Photography
M Masahiko Iimura
Lighting Technician
S Shiro Kuwana
Art Direction
S Shuichiro Nakamura
Editor
Y Yoshiki Nagasawa