The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty

The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty

73 mins | Mystery | Aug. 6, 1957

The year is 1937, and it has been six months since the Sendai Infantry left for Manchuria. The rotted corpse of a young woman is found at the bottom of a well, but her face and limbs are gone. The military police begin an investigation and search fervently for the person responsible, but they can't even determine the victim's identity, much less find any clues. However, the incident is made public when newspapers give wide coverage to the story, so Staff Sergeant Kosaka is dispatched from Tokyo to solve the case. Eventually, General Tsunekichi is taken into custody by local infantrymen because of the testimony of another unit, but the spirit of the dead woman appears before Staff Sergeant Kosaka, who continues to investigate on his own...

The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty

73 mins | Mystery | Aug. 6, 1957

The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
The year is 1937, and it has been six months since the Sendai Infantry left for Manchuria. The rotted corpse of a young woman is found at the bottom of a well, but her face and limbs are gone. The military police begin an investigation and search fervently for the person responsible, but they can't even determine the victim's identity, much less find any clues. However, the incident is made public when newspapers give wide coverage to the story, so Staff Sergeant Kosaka is dispatched from Tokyo to solve the case. Eventually, General Tsunekichi is taken into custody by local infantrymen because of the testimony of another unit, but the spirit of the dead woman appears before Staff Sergeant Kosaka, who continues to investigate on his own...
Producers Shintoho Company
Original title 憲兵とバラバラ死美人
Directors Kyōtarō Namiki
Writers Keisuke Kosaka, Akira Sugimoto

Cast

Shoji Nakayama

as Tokusuke Kosaka

Shigeru Amachi

as Staff Sergeant Tsuneyoshi

Hiroshi Ayukawa

as Tadayoshi Takayama

Masaru Kodaka

as MP Corporal Karita

Shuntarô Emi

as Yatarô Kimizuka

Toshio Hosokawa

as MP Sergeant Major Hagiyama

Junko Ebata

as Shino Kashima

Namiji Namiura

as Taeko Kamoshita

Akiko Mie

as Yuriko Ito

Katsuko Wakasugi

as Kiyoko Kashima

Fujio Murakami

as Kaneda

Kazuo Kodama

as Dr. Ishikawa

Hiroaki Kurahashi

as MP Captain Ibe

Minoru Asuka

as Tadokoro

Kazuki Nishi

as Yamamoto

Yukio Kohama

as Tanaka

Akiko Ono

as Fumiko