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The Hunter's Diary
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The Hunter's Diary

1964-04-19 · 123 min · ★ 4.8

Thriller · Crime · Drama · Mystery

Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo – after spending the day as an elite businessman, he flirts around in the evenings. He even rents a secret apartment where he keeps record of his girl hunts in his diary, the ‘Hunter’s Diary’. One day, he finds an article in the newspaper – a murder of a young woman in his diary. A few days later, another woman from his diary is murdered. He soon finds himself in a labyrinth of fear, as women named in his diary are killed one after another...

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Directors
Kō Nakahira
Production companies
Nikkatsu Corporation
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Noboru NakayaNoboru NakayaIchiro Honda
Masako TogawaMasako TogawaTaneko Honda
Kazuo KitamuraKazuo KitamuraKentaro Hatanaka
Yukiyo ToakeYukiyo ToakeMutsuko Fuji
Teruko KishiTeruko KishiHousekeeper
Yōko YamamotoYōko YamamotoKeiko Obana
Kazuko InanoKazuko InanoFusako Aikawa
Yōko KozonoTsuneko Obana
Fujiko TakasugaMitsuko Kosugi
Toshie TakadaToshie TakadaMitsuko Ono
Goichi YamadaGoichi YamadaSeiji Tanikawa
Sumiko MinamiSumiko MinamiMarried woman​
Ikunosuke KoizumiLawyer Wada
Kōtarō Sugie
Mizuho SuzukiMizuho Suzuki
Michio HinoMichio HinoYuzo Osawa
Tatsuo Matsushita
Eiken Shoji
Asao KoikeAsao KoikeNarrator (voice)
Kasumi Motegi

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