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The Merciless Trap

8.019611h 22mMovieThriller

Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.

DirectorJun Fukuda
WriterKatsuya Susaki
ProducersTomoyuki Tanaka·Reiji Miwa

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Cast · Directed by Jun Fukuda

MSMakoto Satō
Makoto Satō
KMKumi Mizuno
Kumi Mizuno
AHAkihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata
INIchirō Nakatani
Ichirō Nakatani
MHMie Hama
Mie Hama
NTNami Tamura
Nami Tamura
TNTadao Nakamaru
Tadao Nakamaru
NKNaoya Kusakawa
Naoya Kusakawa
KTKunie Tanaka
Kunie Tanaka
TOTadashi Okabe
Tadashi Okabe
KU
Kôji Uno
YNYutaka Nakayama
Yutaka Nakayama

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