Umetsugu Inoue — Playwright (47)
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Back Stairways (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
裏階段
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Jirō Tamiya / Yōko Tsukasa …
other title: 裏階段
A young man named Kijima who works as a pianist in a small bar is surprised when one of the customers asks if he won't pretend to be the fiance of his sister. He is even more surprised when he is offered a million yen to play this apparently harmless role. Actually, it is anything but harmless. Both the customer and his sister are involved in a jewel robbery in which they have double-crossed two of their accomplices who are now out of prison and thirsting for revenge.
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Human Target (1971) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
人間標的
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Go Wakabayashi / Yoshiko Kayama …
other title: 人間標的
At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was being arrested by detective Negoro, the detective's bullet struck Sakuko, Yamabe's girl friend who attempted to protect him, and crippled her. When Yamabe was sent to prison, Negoro cared for her and they fell in love. Sakuko asked him to marry her, but Negoro was reluctant to take the killer's sweetheart from him. Learning of the relationship of his girl friend and the detective, Yamabe had pledged revenge.