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Praying Mantis

MOVIE • 1983

Praying Mantis

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A man and a woman drift ashore after a typhoon. The man, dead, is an escaped perpetrator, and the woman, alive, is a hairdresser Masako. A detective in charge of an embezzlement case is tracking the whereabouts of disappeared money and suspects Masako. One year later, a real estate company president dies a suspicious death in front of Masako at her beauty salon. Was it an accidents or murder?

TMDB ★ 2.5/5Votes: 5
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Mystery

Top Cast

Midori Satsuki

Midori Satsuki

Masako Fujimura

Ryô Hayami

Ryô Hayami

Takayuki Shimazaki

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Mako Toyoda

Kaoru Ibuki

Etsuko Nami

Etsuko Nami

…

Akiko Hyūga

Akiko Hyūga

Masako's mother

Kazuko Shirakawa

Kazuko Shirakawa

Mrs. Matsumiya

Isamu Nagato

Isamu Nagato

Rokusuke Kobayashi

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Tatsuya Nanjo

Kazuo Ibuki

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Munemaru Kôda

Tachibana

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Hiroshi Kobayashi

…

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Makoto Shimotsuka

Shingo Hashimoto

Shinzō Hotta

Shinzō Hotta

…

Hirohisa Nakata

Hirohisa Nakata

Osanai

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Yoshio Hayashi

Announcer

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Theatrical release date: April 8, 1983

Meta Snapshot

Film

Status

Released

Release

April 8, 1983

Runtime

84 min

Language

Japanese

Origin

Japan

Budget

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Revenue

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