Film

Crime Reporter

1959 · 54m · Drama · Crime · Action

The story centers on the fierce competition among newspaper reporters stationed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department as they race to break major scoops. Alongside this, the film humorously depicts a rookie reporter who grows while repeatedly making mistakes. The first film in a series adapted from an NHK TV drama. Focused on those who work at the 'Sakurada Press Club', the home base of crime reporters who pursue exclusive stories in a corner of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Tomo'o Nagai

Aizawa

Yoshio Ōmori

Yasumi Hara

Yūsuke Takita

Joe Shishido

Fujimoto

Tadao Sawamoto

Suga (New Reporter)

Yoshiko Okano

Yusako (Fashion Model)

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Chieko Sōma

Oka (Proprietress of Restaurant "Hisago")

Masao Shimizu

Saigo

Yoshio Ōmori

Hatta

Mieko Hirooka

Ryōhei Uchida

Daisuke Ōmi

• Tokujirō YamazakiDirector
• Dai NishijimaScreenplay
• 山口純一郎Screenplay
• 若林一郎Screenplay

Release date

July 5, 1959

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

54m

Genres

Drama, Crime, Action