Amagi Pass (1983)
Original title: 天城越え
Amagi Pass is a 1983 Japanese-language crime movie directed by Haruhiko Mimura, with a running time of 1h 39m. It stars Tsunehiko Watase, Yuko Tanaka and Mikijiro Hira.
Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-girl) when he traveled through Amagi Pass. A mysterious murder took place afterwards, an Ozuka was held responsible. 40 years later, the boy, who became a printing shop owner, was visited by a retired policeman who came from Amagi Pass. The truth then started to reveal itself.
Cast
- Tsunehiko Watase as Matsunojo Tajima, the cop
- Yuko Tanaka as Hana Otsuka, prostitute
- Mikijiro Hira as Kenzo Onodera
- Yōichi Itō as Kenzo Onodera
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Kenzo's mother
- Kenzo Kaneko as Carpenter
- Ichirō Ogura as Kenzo's uncle
- Renji Ishibashi as Ryosaku Tsuchiya
- Kirin Kiki as Ryosaku's wife
- Jiro Sakagami as Sweet shop owner
- Tanie Kitabayashi as Tea house's old woman
- Makoto Satō as Police in chief