Directed by Seijun Suzuki • Drama • With Michitaro Mizushima, Shinsuke Ashida, Mari Shiraki • 1958 • 87 minutes
Retrieving the diamonds he stashed before his arrest, thief Miyamoto hopes to help his old partner Mihara, crippled during the heist. Their former boss, crime lord Oyane, offers to mediate with a foreign buyer, but secretly wants the stones for himself.
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