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This formally accomplished and psychologically complex gangster tale pivots on the growing attraction between Joji, a hardened career criminal, and Kazuko, the sweet-natured older sister of a newly initiated young hoodlum—a relationship that provokes the jealousy of Joji’s otherwise patient moll, Tokiko. With effortlessly cool performances and visual inventiveness, Dragnet Girl is a bravura work from Yasujiro Ozu.
Original Release
04/27/1933
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Kinuyo Tanaka | Tokiko |
Jôji Oka | Jyoji |
Sumiko Mizukubo | Kazuko |
Kôji Mitsui | Hiroshi (as Hideo Mitsui) / Hiroshi |
Yumeko Aizome | Misako |
Yoshio Takayama | Senko |
Koji Kaga | Misawa |
Yasuo Nanjo | Okazaki |
Shunsaku Kashima | Bad guy at Dance Hall |
Seiji Nishimura | Policeman |
Directors
Writers
Yasujiro Ozu, Patrick Rodriguez
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kinuyo Tanaka | Tokiko |
Jôji Oka | Jyoji |
Sumiko Mizukubo | Kazuko |
Kôji Mitsui | Hiroshi (as Hideo Mitsui) / Hiroshi |
Yumeko Aizome | Misako |
Yoshio Takayama | Senko |
Koji Kaga | Misawa |
Yasuo Nanjo | Okazaki |
Shunsaku Kashima | Bad guy at Dance Hall |
Seiji Nishimura | Policeman |
Chishû Ryû | Policeman |
Nobuo Takemura | Boss at Boxing Club |
Reikô Tani | Secretary |