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?

Director: Shunichi Kajima

Cast: Midori Satsuki, Ryô Hayami, Mako Toyoda, Etsuko Nami, Akiko Hyūga, Kazuko Shirakawa, Isamu Nagato, Tatsuya Nanjo

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