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The Perfect Game

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Original title

Kanzenna yûgi

Year

1958

Running time

93 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Toshio Masuda

Screenwriter

Yoshio Shirasaka. Story: Shintaro Ishihara

Cast

Music

Koichi Kawabe, Riichiro Manabe

Cinematography

Minoru Yokoyama (B&W)

Producer

Nikkatsu

Genre

Thriller. Film noir

Synopsis

The Perfect Game is a shockingly amoral tale of delinquency, rape, and murder that was to Japan, what In Cold Blood was to American cinema. College students come up with a scam to rob a gambling house. When it comes time to collect the money isn't there leading the young men into even more serious crime.

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The Perfect Game

1958

Toshio Masuda