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A Trap

When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.

Top Cast

  • Chieko Baisho

    Chieko Baisho

    Kiriko Yanagida

  • Osamu Takizawa

    Osamu Takizawa

    Kinzô Ôtsuka

  • Michiyo Aratama

    Michiyo Aratama

    Michiko Kôno

  • Yūsuke Kawazu

    Yūsuke Kawazu

    Ken'ichi Sugita

  • Yōsuke Kondō

    Yōsuke Kondō

    Kôichi Abe

  • Taketoshi Naitō

    Taketoshi Naitō

    Prosecutor Shimada

  • Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

    Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

    Masao Yanagida

  • Etsuko Ichihara

    Etsuko Ichihara

    Nobuko

  • Koji Kiyomura

    Koji Kiyomura

    Hisaoka

Overview

When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.

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