Thief and Magistrate (1955)

Original title

怪盗と判官

Directed by

Bin Katō

Genre

drama

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 27m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In feudal Japan, a clever thief matches wits with a stern magistrate. The story follows their cat-and-mouse game of crime and justice.

classiclight-heartedplayfulsuspensefulnostalgicdramaticclear-cutformal

What happens

Thief and Magistrate (怪盗と判官, Kaitō to Hangan) is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Bin Kato. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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