Onihei Crime Files: Sutegoro Takahagi
Seen it?2010 | 94 min | Action, Drama, TV Movie, Crime
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and action fans.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 34 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Takahagi Sutegoro is highly skilled at casing locations for thieves so that he can sell detailed floor plans to them. He suffers an injury to his leg while trying to help a parent and a child being threatened by samurai. Heizo jumps in and chases the samurai away. Feeling indebted to Heizo, Sutegoro decides to become his spy. Now, together they will try to stop scheming Myogi Danemon’s gang of merciless thieves...
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- AudiencesNot counted
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- AwardsNot counted
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- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
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Cast & crew
Directed by Kōsei Saitō
- Kichiemon Nakamura IIHasegawa Heizô, aka Onihei
- Hiroshi KatsunoYusuke Sakai
- Toshinori OmiChugo Kimura
- Baku NumataTadanoshin Muramatsu
- Yumi TakigawaHisae
- Meiko KajiOmasa
- Keizo KanieKobusa no Kumehachi
- Masahiko TsugawaMyogi Danemon
- Shōhei HinoTakezo
- Koichi MiuraIsanji