Thursday, August 28, 2025

Black Lizard - Kuro Tokage - (1968)

Japanese sixties comedy featuring a cunning female jewel thief named Black Lizard who tries to kidnap Sanaye, a wealthy jeweler’s beautiful daughter as part of a plot to steal the jeweler’s expensive “Star of Egypt” diamond. To thwart the planned kidnapping, the jeweler hires Japan’s number one detective, the brilliant Akechi. This sets off a dual between Black Lizard and Akechi as each tries to outwit the other. In the process, the two adversaries develop a mutual respect and affection for each other.

Director: Kinji Fukasaku. 

Writers: Rampo Edogawa (novel), Yukio Mishima (stage adaptation), Masashige Narusawa.

Stars: Akihiro Miwa, Isao Kimura, Kikko Matsuoka, Jun Usami, Yûsuke Kawazu, Kô Nishimura, Toshiko Kobayashi, Sônosuke Oda, Kinji Hattori, Kyôichi Satô, Jun kato, Ryuji Funakoshi, Mitsuko Takara, Yukio Mishima, Tetsurô Tanba.

Cameo: The presence of Yukio Mishima , the famous Mishima, as human statue. 

Subtitled in English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/9450429221542

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