Badge of the NightMovie
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.
About Badge of the Night
Badge of the Night is a 1963 drama, crime movie directed by Akinori Matsuo.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 41m, production credits from Japan, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Akira Kobayashi, Naomi Hoshi, Ryōhei Uchida, Shoichi Ozawa. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
