# Le Lézard Noir (1962)

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**Original title**: *黒蜥蜴*
**Runtime**: 101 min
**Genres**: Mystery, Drama
**Directed by**: Umetsugu Inoue
**Written by**: Kaneto Shindō
**Starring**: Machiko Kyō, Minoru Ōki, Junko Kano, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Masao Mishima, Sachiko Meguro

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A glass case shatters at dawn on a Ginza rooftop. Black Lizard palms the stolen diamond while Akeichi’s shoes click closer on wet tiles. One drawbridge left.

Akeichi steps off the frame; Black Lizard slips the jewel into a handbag and catches the next train south.

Inoue drapes every gesture in silk stockings and sharkskin.

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