Film

Flickering Flames

1977 · 1h 31m · Mystery · Thriller

In the early hours of April 13th, a five year old hemophiliac child was kidnapped by someone from Tanemura General Hospital in Tokyo, Setagaya. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Inspector Kitahara, who received the report, goes quickly to the Tanemura home, along with other police to speak to the family of the child. Then, suddenly, the phone rings. The kidnapper wants money.

Mikijiro Hira

Meiko Kaji

Atsuo Nakamura

Hiroshi Fujioka

Tetsuro Tamba

Mieko Harada

Takeshi Ōbayashi

Shin Saito

Sayoko Ninomiya

Hisayuki Nakajima

Katsuhiko Watabiki

Masao Murata

Naohiko Shigeta

Hiromi Maya

• Masahisa SadanagaDirector
• Kyuzo KobayashiExecutive Producer · Screenplay
• Kengo InomataScreenplay
• Kanji NakagawaExecutive Producer
• Takashi KawamataDirector of Photography
• Toru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer

Release date

February 26, 1977

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Mystery, Thriller