Praying Mantis
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?
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Praying Mantis
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Apr 8, 1983
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Mystery
User Score
35%
Original Title
悪女かまきり
Production Companies
Toei Company
Director
Shunichi Kajima
Description
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?