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Foul Play
Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was killed in the middle of a game.
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Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was killed in the middle of a game.
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Genre:Mystery
Written By:Yoshitake Hisa
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Runtime:80 minutes
Studio:Toei Company
Cast
Sadatsugu Matsuda
Director
Chiezo Kataoka
Bannai Tarao
Susumu Namishima
Hidehiko Nitta
Chizuru Kitagawa
Masako Takamori
Yuriko Tashiro
Yuko Kawase
Sumiko Hidaka
Emi Ishikawa
Kenji Susukida
Takamasa Ishiguro
Masao Mishima
Haruo Kuboki
Takamaru Sasaki
Inspector Osawa
Daisuke Katō
Goro Seo
Yukie Kubo
Hamagiku
Masao Shimizu
Tosuke Kawase
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