

Intimidation
1960-03-23 · 65 min · ★ 7.2
Koreyoshi Kurahara's ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a desperate bank manager, blackmailed for book-cooking, and his resentful but timid underling, passed over for a promotion. The marvelously moody Intimidation is an elegantly stripped-down and carefully paced crime drama.
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- Directors
- Koreyoshi Kurahara
- Production companies
- Nikkatsu Corporation
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
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Jun HamamuraNozaki
Kō NishimuraMatakichi Nakaike
Nobuo KanekoKyosuke Takita
Kōjirō KusanagiShinji Kumaki
Mari ShirakiUmeha
Zenji YamadaOno
Tomio Aoki
Reiko Arai
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