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300 Million Thief: Statute Of Limitations (1975)

300 Million Thief: Statute Of Limitations poster
Original title
実録三億円事件 時効成立
Directed by
Teruo Ishii
Genre
true crime
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A retelling of Japan's unsolved 1968 heist where 300 million yen was stolen. The film follows the police investigation and the eventual expiration of the statute of limitations.

documentary-stylegrittysuspensefulmatter-of-factretrogroundedcynical

What happens

実録三億円事件 時効成立(じつろくさんおくえんじけん じこうせいりつ)は、1975年(昭和50年)11月22日に公開された日本映画。小川真由美・岡田裕介主演100.第5章「映画とテレビでトップをめざせ!不良性感度と勧善懲悪」 第5節「東映ゼネラルプロデューサー岡田茂・映画企画の歩み➁実録映画」 - 東映、石井輝男監督。製作は東映東京撮影所。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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