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Black Statement Book

Original title: Kuro no hôkokusho
  • 1963
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
195
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Black Statement Book (1963)
CrimeDramaMystery

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.

  • Director
    • Yasuzô Masumura
  • Writers
    • Yoshihiro Ishimatsu
    • Yasuzô Masumura
  • Stars
    • Ken Utsui
    • Junko Kanô
    • Hideo Takamatsu
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    195
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Yasuzô Masumura
    • Writers
      • Yoshihiro Ishimatsu
      • Yasuzô Masumura
    • Stars
      • Ken Utsui
      • Junko Kanô
      • Hideo Takamatsu
    • 3User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Ken Utsui
    • Akira Kido
    Junko Kanô
    • Ayako Kataoka
    Hideo Takamatsu
    • Prosecutor Kusama
    Shigeru Kôyama
    • Hitomi
    Eitarô Ozawa
    Eitarô Ozawa
    • Yamamuro
    Bontarô Miake
    Mieko Kondô
    Keiko Yuge
    Taiji Tonoyama
    Taiji Tonoyama
    Kichijirô Ueda
    Kichijirô Ueda
    • Director
      • Yasuzô Masumura
    • Writers
      • Yoshihiro Ishimatsu
      • Yasuzô Masumura(constructor)
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      KURO series. #2 of 11 films.

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    7/10
    plenty of style and interesting camera angles with decent dialogue
    Daiei Studios in Japan clearly felt they had a winner with a series of films loosely based around industrial espionage and intrigue after the success of Yasuzo Masumura's Black test Car (1963) and he was given this, the second, the following year. One can only speculate but it would seem that whilst the director pulled out all the stops for the unusual venture with the first film he was perhaps not as enthusiastic with the second. There is still plenty of style and interesting camera angles with decent dialogue well delivered by all concerned but there is only so much one can do with a thriller so lacking in action. Basically a police procedural and court room drama we are intrigued to find out how the body came to be strewn on the floor in the opening scene but there are a fair number of characters and a fair amount of changing stories, sufficient to make this a pretty confusing excercise.
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    • Release date
      • January 13, 1963 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Чёрный протокол
    • Production company
      • Daiei Studios
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      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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