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Living Skeleton

1968-11-09 · 81 min · ★ 5.6

Horror · Crime · Thriller

A ship is attacked at sea for its cargo by a group of thieves who murder a newlywed doctor and rape his wife. Three years later her twin sister is kidnapped by the same pirates, who begin to die strange deaths...

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Directors
Hiroshi Matsuno
Production companies
Shochiku
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kikko MatsuokaKikko MatsuokaSaeko
Yasunori IrikawaYasunori IrikawaMochizuki
Masumi OkadaMasumi OkadaFather / Boss
Asao UchidaAsao UchidaEjiri
Asao KoikeAsao KoikeTsuji
Toshihiko YamamotoToshihiko YamamotoOno
Keijiro KikyoPoliceman
Hitoshi TakagiHitoshi Takagi
Kaori TaniguchiMayumi
Keiko YanagawaKeiko YanagawaSanae Suetsugu
Kazuo Mayumida
Minoru HiranoMinoru Hirano
Kaitan UchidaUchida
Michiko Takebe
Nobuo KanekoNobuo KanekoSuetsugu
Kō NishimuraKō NishimuraNishizato

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