Black Lizard (film)

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Black Lizard
Directed by	Kinji Fukasaku
Produced by	Akira Oda
Music by	Isao Tomita
Cinematography	Hiroshi Dowaki
Editing by	Keiichi Uraoka
Release date(s)	1968
Running time	86 minutes
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Black Lizard (黒蜥蝪 Kurotokage) is a 1968 Japanese detective film directed by Kinji Fukasaku based on a play by Yukio Mishima.

[edit] Cast

• Akihiro Miwa as Mrs. Midorikawa (“Black Lizard”)
• Isao Kimura as Detective Kogoro Akechi
• Kikko Matsuoka as Sanaye Iwase
• Junya Usami as Shobei Iwase
• Yusuke Kawazu as Junichi Amamiya
• Kô Nishimura as Private Detective Keiji Matoba
• Toshiko Kobayashi as Hina
• Sonosuke Oda as Harada
• Kinji Hattori as Toyama
• Koichi Sato as Ohkawa
• Jun Kato as Sakai
• Ryuji Funakoshi as Kozu
• Mitsuko Takara as Show Dancer
• Tetsuro Tamba as Kuroki
• Yukio Mishima as a taxidermic Japanese human specimen

[edit] Other credits

• Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
  • Rampo Edogawa: novel
  • Yukio Mishima: stage adaptation
  • Masashige Narusawa
• Art Direction: Kyohei Morita
• Set Decoration by: Keinosuke Ishiwatari
• Costume Design by: Masako Watanabe
• Production Manager: Tatsuo Hagiwara
• Assistant Director: Hideo Oe
• Sound Department
  • Hirobumi Sato .... sound effects editor
  • Toshio Tanaka .... sound
• Other crew
  • Helen Milsted Eisenman .... subtitles editor (1985 re-release)
  • René Fuentes-Chao .... presenter (English subtitled version)
  • John R. Tilley .... presenter (English subtitled version)