Praying Mantis
Apr 08 1983
•1h 24m
•Mystery
A man and a woman drift ashore after a typhoon. The man, dead, is an escaped perpetrator, and the woman, alive, is a hairdresser Masako. A detective in charge of an embezzlement case is tracking the whereabouts of disappeared money and suspects Masako. One year later, a real estate company president dies a suspicious death in front of Masako at her beauty salon. Was it an accidents or murder?
Cast
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Midori Satsuki
Masako Fujimura

Ryô Hayami
Takayuki Shimazaki
Mako Toyoda
Kaoru Ibuki

Etsuko Nami
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