Human Target

Human Target

88 mins | Crime | Sept. 15, 1971

At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was being arrested by detective Negoro, the detective's bullet struck Sakuko, Yamabe's girl friend who attempted to protect him, and crippled her. When Yamabe was sent to prison, Negoro cared for her and they fell in love. Sakuko asked him to marry her, but Negoro was reluctant to take the killer's sweetheart from him. Learning of the relationship of his girl friend and the detective, Yamabe had pledged revenge.

Human Target

88 mins | Crime | Sept. 15, 1971

Human Target
At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was being arrested by detective Negoro, the detective's bullet struck Sakuko, Yamabe's girl friend who attempted to protect him, and crippled her. When Yamabe was sent to prison, Negoro cared for her and they fell in love. Sakuko asked him to marry her, but Negoro was reluctant to take the killer's sweetheart from him. Learning of the relationship of his girl friend and the detective, Yamabe had pledged revenge.
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 人間標的
Directors Umetsugu Inoue
Writers Umetsugu Inoue, Shinji Fujiwara

Cast

Go Wakabayashi

as Detective Negoro

Yoshiko Kayama

as Sakuko

Nana Ozaki

as Toshiko

Yûki Meguro

as Detective Murayama

Kana Nakagawa

as Akemi

Tōru Abe

as Chief Senda

Kenji Imai

as Maki

Hitoshi Takagi

as Boss Senoo

Noboru Nakata

as Detective Tokuda

Riri Sasaki

as Woman at the restaurant

Shinichi Yanagisawa

as Presenter

Sentaro Tatsumi

as Detective Togawa

Kiwako Taichi

as Okatsu

Akira Nishikino

as Akira Nishikino

Tsutomu Yamazaki

as Yamabe

Hideaki Komori

as Detective (uncredited)

Akihiko Hanyû

as (uncredited)

Taku Kido

as Detective Takada (uncredited)