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Directed by Seijun Suzuki

Take Aim at the Police Van

1h 19m

Directed by Seijun Suzuki • 1960 • Japan

At the beginning of Seijun Suzuki's taut and twisty whodunit, a prison truck is attacked and a convict inside murdered. The penitentiary guard on duty, Daijiro (Michitaro Mizushima), is accused of negligence and suspended, only to take it upon himself to track down the killers.

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