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7.2/10   198 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Rampo Edogawa (novel)
Yukio Mishima (stage adaptation)
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Release Date:
July 1969 (USA) more
Plot:
Japanese sixties comedy featuring a cunning female jewel thief named Black Lizard who tries to kidnap Sanaye... more | add synopsis
User Reviews:
Entertaining... more (8 total)

Cast

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Akihiro Miwa ... Black Lizard (as Akihiro Maruyama)
Isao Kimura ... Detective Akechi
Kikko Matsuoka ... Sanaye
Junya Usami ... Shobei Iwasa
Yûsuke Kawazu ... Junichi Amamiya
Kô Nishimura ... Private Detective Keiji Matoba
Toshiko Kobayashi ... Hina
Sonosuke Oda ... Harada
Kinji Hattori ... Toyama
Kyôichi Satô ... Ôkawa
Jun Kato ... Sakai
Ryuji Funakoshi ... Kozu
Mitsuko Takara ... Show Dancer
Tetsurô Tanba
Yukio Mishima ... Human statue
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Black Lizard
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Runtime:
86 min
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Color:
Color (Fujicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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Version of Kurotokage (1962) more
Soundtrack:
Three-part Invention No.2 in C Minor more

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1 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
Entertaining..., 22 May 2001
6/10
Author: carrienations from Philadelphia, PA

Black Lizard entertained me, but I can't help but feel that there could have been more. The opening scene in the go-go club had me hooked right away, but as the film progressed, it seemed to lose its edge. The subtle humor was still there, but it became too straight-laced for its own good. The plot is tedious past the halfway point, and the wildness subsides, save for the 'human statues' that Black Lizard reveals at the end. For a film that was _screaming_ for beautiful women to be on display, I think it was a misstep to cast a transvestite in the lead role. Funny for a few minutes, but I tired of the novelty after a while and wished that a femme fatale had been cast in the part. I found a similar film from the same time period, Black Tight Killers, to be more entertaining and more fulfilling.

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