
A Trap (1965)
1h 51m | PG-13
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.
Director: Yoji Yamada
Studio: Shochiku
Genre: Mystery, Drama, Crime
Video: 720p
Cast

Chieko Baisho
as Kiriko Yanagida

Osamu Takizawa
as Kinzô Ôtsuka

Michiyo Aratama
as Michiko Kôno

Yūsuke Kawazu
as Ken'ichi Sugita

Yōsuke Kondō
as Kôichi Abe

Taketoshi Naitō
as Prosecutor Shimada