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Private Detective DOBU 1

MOVIE • 1981

Private Detective DOBU 1

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Dobu (Kunie Tanaka) used to be a soldier but now is a private detective. Three vagrants were killed in a shrine, and Dobu found out that those three had a grudge on a timber whole seller, Hinokiya. He reunited with Zirokichi (Takeo Chii), one of his friends and Nezumi Kozo (a thief) , and he infiltrates Hinokiya together.

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Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Dobu

Kirin Kiki

Kirin Kiki

Sen

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Fujita Okamoto

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Mikijiro Hira

Mikijiro Hira

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Takeo Chii

Takeo Chii

Jirokichi the Rat

Tetsuo Morishita

Tetsuo Morishita

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Yūsuke Watanabe

Director

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Film

Status

Released

Release

January 1, 1981

Runtime

91 min

Language

Japanese

Origin

Japan

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