Black Lizard (film)

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Black Lizard
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Produced by Akira Oda
Music by Isao Tomita
Cinematography Hiroshi Dowaki
Editing by Keiichi Uraoka
Release date(s) 1968
Running time 86 minutes
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Black Lizard (黒蜥蝪 Kurotokage) is a 1968 Japanese detective film directed by Kinji Fukasaku based on a play by Yukio Mishima.

[edit] Cast

  • Akihiro Miwa as Mrs. Midorikawa (“Black Lizard”)
  • Isao Kimura as Detective Kogoro Akechi
  • Kikko Matsuoka as Sanaye Iwase
  • Junya Usami as Shobei Iwase
  • Yusuke Kawazu as Junichi Amamiya
  • Kô Nishimura as Private Detective Keiji Matoba
  • Toshiko Kobayashi as Hina
  • Sonosuke Oda as Harada
  • Kinji Hattori as Toyama
  • Koichi Sato as Ohkawa
  • Jun Kato as Sakai
  • Ryuji Funakoshi as Kozu
  • Mitsuko Takara as Show Dancer
  • Tetsuro Tamba as Kuroki
  • Yukio Mishima as a taxidermic Japanese human specimen

[edit] Other credits

  • Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
    • Rampo Edogawa: novel
    • Yukio Mishima: stage adaptation
    • Masashige Narusawa
  • Art Direction: Kyohei Morita
  • Set Decoration by: Keinosuke Ishiwatari
  • Costume Design by: Masako Watanabe
  • Production Manager: Tatsuo Hagiwara
  • Assistant Director: Hideo Oe
  • Sound Department
    • Hirobumi Sato .... sound effects editor
    • Toshio Tanaka .... sound
  • Other crew
    • Helen Milsted Eisenman .... subtitles editor (1985 re-release)
    • René Fuentes-Chao .... presenter (English subtitled version)
    • John R. Tilley .... presenter (English subtitled version)