Stakeout (1958)
- Original title
- 張込み
- Directed by
- Yoshitarō Nomura
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 19 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Two detectives stake out a house in a small town, waiting for a fugitive to show up. The long hours of watching and waiting test their patience and reveal the lives of the people they are monitoring.
tenseslow-burnmelancholicgrittyobservationalnoir-tingedclaustrophobicthoughtful
What happens
Stakeout (張込み, Harikomi) is a 1958 Japanese drama and crime film directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, based on a short story by Seicho Matsumoto of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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