Black Lizard

黒蜥蜴
1968 86 min Crime · Comedy · Fantasy · Mystery · Thriller

A neon-lit Tokyo summer night. The chime of an antique clock. A jewel thief lures a gumshoe into a mirrored salon where the walls are stocked with stolen faces. The detective’s coat pockets fill with cryptic appointment cards while a sequined hostage listens through a porcelain teacup. This is the year the Japanese camera learned to wink—panavision parody starring one of Toei’s last great gangsters.

Directed by Kinji Fukasaku · Written by Kinji Fukasaku, Masashige Narusawa

Starring Akihiro Miwa, Isao Kimura, Jun Usami, Toshiko Kobayashi, Mitsuko Takara, Tetsuji Hattori

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