is a 1974 Japanese police procedural film directed by

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, based on the novel ''

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'' by Seicho Matsumoto.

Plot

Yoshitaro Nomura's 1974 film of Seicho Matsumoto's immensely popular detective story tells the tale of two detectives, Imanishi (Tetsuro Tamba) and Yoshimura (Kensaku Morita), tasked with tracking down the murderer of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a rail yard. When the identity of the old man can't be determined, the investigation focuses on the only other clue: a scrap of conversation overheard at a bar between the old man and a younger one. A witness recalls the cryptic phrases "Kameda did this" and "Kameda doesn't change." This sets off a wide-ranging investigation that covers vast swaths of geography, changing social mores, and time. The investigation ends with an emotional and heartbreaking conclusion, all the more shattering because the reason for the crime need no longer exists in the world.

Cast

* Tetsuro Tamba – Detective Eitaro Imanishi *

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– Chiyokichi Motoura *

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– Kojuro Kirihara *

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Awards

*1975 Kinema Junpo AwardIMDB award listing
**''Best Screenplay'' (Shinobu Hashimoto and Yōji Yamada) *Readers' Choice Award **''Best Japanese Film Director'' (Yoshitaro Nomura) *1975 Mainichi Film Concours **''Best Director'' (Yoshitaro Nomura) **''Best Film'' (Yoshitaro Nomura) **''Best Film Score'' (Kosuke Sugano ) **''Best Screenplay'' (Shinobu Hashimoto and Yōji Yamada) *

9th Moscow International Film Festival The 9th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 10 to 23 July 1975. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Polish film '' The Promised Land'' directed by Andrzej Wajda, the Soviet-Japanese film ''Dersu Uzala'' directed by Akira Kurosawa ...

**''Diploma'' (Yoshitaro Nomura) **Nominated for ''Golden Prize'' (Yoshitaro Nomura).

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* * 1970s crime thriller films 1970s mystery films 1974 films Films based on Japanese novels Films directed by Yoshitaro Nomura 1970s Japanese-language films Procedural films Shochiku films Works originally published in Japanese newspapers Films with screenplays by Shinobu Hashimoto Films with screenplays by Yôji Yamada Films set in Ishikawa Prefecture Films set in Tokyo Films set in Akita Prefecture Films set in Yamanashi Prefecture Films set in Osaka Films set in Shimane Prefecture Films set in 1971 1970s Japanese films Works about leprosy {{crime-thriller-film-stub