The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club (1969)
Original title: 大日本スリ集団
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club is a 1969 Japanese-language crime movie directed by Jun Fukuda, with a running time of 1h 35m. It stars Keiju Kobayashi, Norihei Miki and Noriko Takahashi.
A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pickpockets in Osaka. The detective (played by Keiju Kobayashi) and the leader of the gang (played by Norihei Miki) have an interesting wartime backstory together that fuels much of the story.
Cast
- Keiju Kobayashi as Tomizô Funakoshi
- Norihei Miki as Heppei Hiradaira
- Noriko Takahashi as Kamie
- Kunie Tanaka as Kanegai
- Akihiko Hirata as Furansu
- Wakako Sakai as Akiko
- Daigo Kusano as Fukurô
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Kyôko
- Masao Shimizu as Toyokura
- Yutaka Sada as Nakanishi
- Masami Shimojō as Yoshioka
- Minori Terada as Heiichirô