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The Detective

The Detective

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 22, 1984

Runtime

1h 33m

Original Title

刑事

Production Companies

Office Henmi, TBS

Director

Junta Matsushita

Description

Detective Muramatsu's wife, Fusae, is killed by a drug addict. After the criminal climbs to the roof of the house with a hostage, Muramatsu shoots him dead in order to rescue the hostage, but the public denounces his actions as stemming from the personal grudge of a detective whose wife was just murdered, and he is demoted.