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Sakon torimonochō: senketsu no tegata (1950)

Sakon torimonochō: senketsu no tegata poster
Original title
左近捕物帖 鮮血の手型
Directed by
Kenkichi Hara
Genre
drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 31m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a murder case involving a bloody handprint. The film follows his search for the truth in postwar Japan.

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What happens

Sakon torimonochō: senketsu no tegata (左近捕物帖 鮮血の手型; literally "Sakon Detective Story: The Fresh Blood Handprint) is a 1950 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Hara Kenkichi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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