The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case
1979-06-30 · 95 min · Not rated
A TV film based on the kidnapping and murder of 4 year old Yoshinobu Murakoshi.
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- Directors
- Hideo Onchi
- Production companies
- TV Asahi
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
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Shigeru IzumiyaTamotsu Obara
Etsuko Ichihara
Jūzō ItamiNarration
Shinsuke Ashida
Taiji Tonoyama
Hatsuo Yamaya
Mikiko Otonashi
Tokie Hidari
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