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In the backstreets of Ginza, the boss of a hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by strangulation. The detective on the case soon hears rumors about the murder.
Cast
Shinsuke Maki, Keiko Amaji, Sumiko Minami, Toshiyuki Ichimura, Taketoshi Naitō, Tanie Kitabayashi, Taiji Tonoyama, Masami Shimojō, Tatsuo Matsushita, Hiroshi Kondō, Zenji Yamada, Jun Hamamura
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