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Black Lizard

7.119621h 41mMovieMysteryDrama

The cunning detective Kogoro Akechi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard.

DirectorUmetsugu Inoue
WriterKaneto Shindō
ProducerMasaichi Nagata

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Cast · Directed by Umetsugu Inoue

MKMachiko Kyō
Machiko Kyō
Mrs. Midorikawa
MŌMinoru Ōki
Minoru Ōki
Kogoro Akechi
JKJunko Kano
Junko Kano
Sanae Iwase
HKHiroshi Kawaguchi
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Jun Amemiya
MMMasao Mishima
Masao Mishima
Shobei Iwase
SMSachiko Meguro
Sachiko Meguro
Mrs. Iwase
YHYoko Hizakura
Yoko Hizakura
KSKoh Sugita
Koh Sugita
SCShizuo Chūjō
Shizuo Chūjō
大
大庭健次朗
KN
Kenji Nagata
YTYosuke Takemura
Yosuke Takemura

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