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A Fugitive from the Past

  • 7.9 /10

  • 47

Plot

Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest.

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni as Takichi Inukai
Rentaro Mikuni

as Takichi Inukai

Sachiko Hidari as Yae Sugito
Sachiko Hidari

as Yae Sugito

Kōji Mitsui as Motojima
Kōji Mitsui

as Motojima

Yoshi Katō as Yae's Father
Yoshi Katō

as Yae's Father

Sadako Sawamura as Motojima's Wife
Sadako Sawamura

as Motojima's Wife

Susumu Fujita as Police Chief
Susumu Fujita

as Police Chief

Akiko Kazami as Toshiko
Akiko Kazami

as Toshiko

Tadashi Suganuma as Detective Sato
Tadashi Suganuma

as Detective Sato

Movie Facts

Rated

  • N/A

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • January 15, 1965

Production Companies

  • Toei Company

Production Countries

  • Japan

Spoken Language

  • 日本語

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 3.05 hrs

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Reviews

Sachiko Hidari ("Yae") is great in this film as the young geisha who shelters "Inukai" (Rentarô Mikuni) from a storm one night. Next morning he leaves her quite a sum of money - one that enables her to change her life, pay her debts - all whilst he disappears. That storm was actually a tornado that sank a local ferry boat. During that investigation, two unknown bodies are identified - and they ar…