1960 | Japan | Fiction

Aru kyôhaku (Intimidation)

  • Japanese 65 mins
  • Director | Koreyoshi Kurahara
  • Writer | Osamu Kawase
  • Producer | Ryôji Mogi

STATUS: Released

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Koreyoshi Kurahara’s ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a desperate bank manager, blackmailed for book-cooking, and his resentful but timid underling, passed over for a promotion. The marvelously moody Intimidation (Aru kyouhaku) is an elegantly stripped-down and carefully paced crime drama.

Crime Betrayal Power Pressure Suspense
Film Organizations
The Criterion Collection
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