Badge of the Night (1963)
A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person search soon becomes a murder case. Nightclub-managing, drug-dealing gangster Uchida is the prime suspect in the case until he commits suicide. Kobayashi then discovers evidence that points to the doctor sibling of an innocent girl. The climax in a rural snowy locale is suspenseful and well-staged.
Released: Mar 31, 1963
Runtime: 101 minutes
Stars: Akira Kobayashi, Naomi Hoshi, Ryôhei Uchida, Shoichi Ozawa, Shirō Ōsaka, Shōbun Inoue
Crew: Akinori Matsuo (Director), Koji Chino (Assistant Director), Hiroshi Chinô (Screenplay), Takashi Kanbara (Screenplay), Kazumi Iwasa (Cinematography), Masayoshi Ikeda (Music)
