Dark Story of a Japanese Rapist

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Dark Story of a Japanese Rapist

1967

1h 14m

3.7(3 votes)

Crime

Drama

Horror

Overview

Study about a young disturbed man, who rapes and kills women and collects their bodies in a cave. A work based on the case of Yoshio Kodaira, a serial rape murder case shortly after the war.

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10 featured cast members

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Osamu Yamashita

Yoshio Marukido

Miki Hayashi

Mikiko Okawa

Kimiyo

Junko Natsu

Kyôko Yayoi

Hisako

Reiko Koyanagi

Yoshie

Makiko Saegusa

Shôko Kidowaki

Junko Hama

Housewife

Kosuke Ue

Father-in-law

Creative team

Directed by: Kōji Wakamatsu
Written by: Osamu Yamashita
Produced by: Akio Yamoto
Kōji Wakamatsu

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