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User Rating:
7.2/10   186 votes
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Director:
Kinji Fukasaku
Writers:
Rampo Edogawa (novel)
Yukio Mishima (stage adaptation)
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Release Date:
July 1969 (USA) more
Plot:
Japanese sixties comedy featuring a cunning female jewel thief named Black Lizard who tries to kidnap Sanaye... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Why such a high rating??? more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Akihiro Miwa ... Black Lizard (as Akihiro Maruyama)
Isao Kimura ... Detective Akechi
Kikko Matsuoka ... Sanaye
Junya Usami ... Shobei Iwasa
Yusuke Kawazu ... Junichi Amamiya
Kô Nishimura ... Private Detective Keiji Matoba
Toshiko Kobayashi ... Hina
Sonosuke Oda ... Harada
Kinji Hattori ... Toyama
Koichi Sato ... Ohkawa
Jun Kato ... Sakai
Ryuji Funakoshi ... Kozu
Mitsuko Takara ... Show Dancer
Tetsuro Tamba
Yukio Mishima ... Human statue
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Black Lizard
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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color (Fujicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Version of Kurotokage (1962) more
Soundtrack:
Two-part Invention No.4 in D Minor BWV.775 more

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1 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Why such a high rating???, 6 April 2005
5/10
Author: telematic from United Kingdom

I watched this movie yesterday after seeing all the great comments from everyone and the high rating, but I must say I was very disappointed. It is not a comedy, it has some funny scenes but it's not a funny movie, the transvestite actor had very little woman skills looking more like a drag-queen, it could have been a lot more specially since it was directed by one of the masters but it failed to deliver. The story had flaws and the only humour in the movie was due to the fact that the characters were stupid. I think this movie should have been a Japanese pink-panther kind of movie.

This is the first Kinji movie that I watch and would not recommend. I'll give it 5/10. (not bad but not worth the time if you have other options)

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