The best Yoshio Inaba’s crime movies
We present our ranking of the best Yoshio Inaba’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Yoshio Inaba.
The Castle of Sand
7.3/10
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murderer of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a rail yard.
The Thin Line
7.4/10
Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wife, Masako. In an effort to further relieve his tortured sense of guilt, he then confesses to Sugimoto. Neither his wife nor his friend can believe that he could have been involved.
Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71
5.9/10
The film follows a hippie community lead by Yoshitaro. They decide to leave their trailer in Shinjuku and travel to countryside by bicycle to save their friend Furiko who has been falsely accused for murder. The real killer – although it was mainly self defense – is Furiko’s boyfried Takaaki who is being controlled by his politician father. Takaaki would rather live free as a hippie, but his father is forcing him to become a businessman.
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
6.7/10
The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan.
Police Agency Story: Night Beasts
After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime scene. As a result, they found a wallet with bloodstains that seemed to belong to the victim, a woman's wallet that did not fit the field, earrings, and other valuable materials, which led them on a foot search. The woman's purse had been picked up by a male prostitute on the subway, and from the prostitute's testimony, they were able to identify the pickpocket's face, but the next day, the man was found dead in a road accident, apparently murdered.
The Black Battlefront Kidnappers
6.1/10
A taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.
