When one billion yen goes AWOL, "Joe the Ace" (Shishido) spies an opportunity to get rich quick, but things soon go wrong as it turns out he isn't the only one who'll stop at nothing to get his hands on the missing cash.
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Title: Danger Pays (1962)
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| Jô Shishido | ... | Jôji Kondô (as Joe Shishido) | |
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Hiroyuki Nagato | ... | Tetsuzô Okita |
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Ruriko Asaoka | ... | Tomoko Akiyama |
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Arihiro Fujimura | ... | Wang |
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| Bokuzen Hidari | ... | Sakamoto | |
| Kôjirô Kusanagi | ... | Ken Serizawa | |
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Torahiko Hamada | ... | Hijikata |
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Daisaburô Hirata | ||
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Toyoko Takechi | ... | Sakamoto's wife |
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Zenji Yamada | ... | Nagai |
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Keisuke Noro | ||
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Shuntarô Tamamura | ||
| Shôbun Inoue | |||
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Gô Kuroda | ||
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When one billion yen goes AWOL, "Joe the Ace" (Shishido) spies an opportunity to get rich quick, but things soon go wrong as it turns out he isn't the only one who'll stop at nothing to get his hands on the missing cash.
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Words by Shuntarô Tanikawa
Music by Harumi Ibe
Sung by Mitsuko Miyake
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Yabai koto nara zeni ni naruWords by Shuntarô Tanikawa
Music by Harumi Ibe
Sung by Mitsuko Miyake
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I love Jo's movies. Danger Pays is a change of pace, a rare comedy with Jo playing a snappy con man trying to get his hands on a counterfeiting scheme. It's hilarious and Jo has flair for comedy. Well shot and edited with underworld characters and ditzy women right out of a comic strip.