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Molester's Train: Seiko's Ass
Who is it that sends a threatening letter demanding 100 million yen in exchange for distributing "poisoned rice" to boost sales of a famous brand of rice? As instructed, the bag of rice stuffed with money is thrown from the railway bridge into the riverbank. A street performer gets caught up in an incident through an unexpected incident and contacts a woman who is thought to be an accomplice in an attempt to clear his name, but the incident eventually escalates into murder...
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Who is it that sends a threatening letter demanding 100 million yen in exchange for distributing "poisoned rice" to boost sales of a famous brand of rice? As instructed, the bag of rice stuffed with money is thrown from the railway bridge into the riverbank. A street performer gets caught up in an incident through an unexpected incident and contacts a woman who is thought to be an accomplice in an attempt to clear his name, but the incident eventually escalates into murder...
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Written By:Shūji Kataoka, Isao Takagi
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Runtime:63 minutes
Studio:Shishi Production, Shintoho Pictures
Cast
Yojiro Takita
Director
Kyôko Akiyoshi
Seiko Matsumiya
Usagi Asō
Saeko Kakinuma
Yutaka Ikejima
Mansaku Tono
Yukijiro Hotaru
Morizo San
Yuka Takemura
Yoneko Shin
Lupin Suzuki
Kotaro Yonetawara
Tetsuji Akimoto
Rice shop owner
Shūji Kataoka
Reporter
Bunmei Tobayama
Detective Nakahara
Masahiro Kasai
Police officer
Takanobu Eguchi
Keiichi Ozawa
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