A Trap (1965)
Mystery
Drama
Crime
When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.
Cast
Kiriko Yanagida
Kinzô Ôtsuka
Judge
Detective
Madam of the Kaiso bar
Manager of the Minase
Landlady
Man on Boat
Yamagami
Yoshiko Ôtsuka
Michiko Kôno
Ken'ichi Sugita
Kôichi Abe
Prosecutor Shimada
Masao Yanagida
Nobuko
Hisaoka
Okumura
Crew
Director
Novel
Screenplay
Producer
Art Direction
Director of Photography
Original Music Composer
Editor
Set Decoration
Assistant Director
Set Designer
Lighting Technician
Sound Recordist
Sound Mixer