The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club (1969)
A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pickpockets in Osaka. The detective (played by Keiju Kobayashi) and the leader of the gang (played by Norihei Miki) have an interesting wartime backstory together that fuels much of the story.
GENRES:
Comedy • Crime
DIRECTION:
Jun Fukuda
Cast & Characters
| Keiju Kobayashi | Tomizô Funakoshi |
| Norihei Miki | Heppei Hiradaira |
| Noriko Takahashi | Kamie |
| Kunie Tanaka | Kanegai |
| Akihiko Hirata | Furansu |
| Wakako Sakai | Akiko |
| Daigo Kusano | Fukurô |
| Kazuko Yoshiyuki | Kyôko |
| Masao Shimizu | Toyokura |
| Yutaka Sada | Nakanishi |
| Masami Shimojō | Yoshioka |
| Minori Terada | Heiichirô |