Film · Crime, Drama

Badge of the Night (1963)

A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person search soon becomes a murder case. Nightclub-managing, drug-dealing gangster Uchida is the prime suspect in the case until he commits suicide. Kobayashi then discovers evidence that points to the doctor sibling of an innocent girl. The climax in a rural snowy locale is suspenseful and well-staged.

Director

Akinori Matsuo

Writers

Koji Chino, Takashi Kanbara

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Release date

March 31, 1963

Original title

夜の勲章