Kidnapping Blues

Kidnapping Blues

94 mins | Drama, Crime | Oct. 9, 1982

A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not intend to be a kidnapper – he asks the girl to phone her mother and tell her she's with him. During their trip they meet various people, but they always must continue on, lest the man be arrested.

Kidnapping Blues

94 mins | Drama, Crime | Oct. 9, 1982

Kidnapping Blues
A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not intend to be a kidnapper – he asks the girl to phone her mother and tell her she's with him. During their trip they meet various people, but they always must continue on, lest the man be arrested.
Producers Toho Company, Ltd., Art Theatre Guild
Original title キッドナップ・ブルース
Directors Shinpei Asai
Writers Shinpei Asai

Cast

Tamori

as R

Mai Yamato

as Young Girl

Yumiko Fujita

as Maiden

Juzo Itami

as Walking Man

Takuzō Kawatani

as Farmer

Hōsei Komatsu

as Pawn Shop Guy

Nobuko Miyamoto

as The Inn's Daughter

Kaori Momoi

as Young Girl's Mother

Hideo Murota

as Drunken Guest

Chin Naitô

as Prize Shop Owner

Jinpachi Nezu

as Drunken Guest

Kihachi Okamoto

as Izakaya Guest

Bsaku Satoh

as Taxi Driver

Keiko Takeshita

as Female Teacher

George Tokoro

as Motorcycle Man

Fumio Watanabe

as Stall Owner

Yosuke Yamashita

as Pianist

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

as Bar Mama

Hajime Sawatari

as Photographer

Kyôko Takami

as Bar Hostess