Dragnet Girl
非常線の女
Japan • 1933
Director
Synopsis
This formally accomplished and psychologically complex gangster tale pivots on the growing attraction between Joji, a hardened career criminal, and Kazuko, the sweet-natured older sister of a newly initiated young hoodlum, a relationship that provokes the jealousy of Joji's otherwise patient moll, Tokiko. With effortlessly cool performances and visual inventiveness, DRAGNET GIRL is a bravura work from Yasujiro Ozu.
Synopsis
This formally accomplished and psychologically complex gangster tale pivots on the growing attraction between Joji, a hardened career criminal, and Kazuko, the sweet-natured older sister of a newly initiated young hoodlum, a relationship that provokes the jealousy of Joji's otherwise patient moll, Tokiko. With effortlessly cool performances and visual inventiveness, DRAGNET GIRL is a bravura work from Yasujiro Ozu.
Credits
Crew
DirectorYasujirō Ozu
WriterTadao Ikeda
CinematographerHideo Shigehara
EditorMinoru Kuribayashi, Kazuo Ishikawa
Cast
Kinuyo Tanakaas Tokiko
Joji Okaas Jyoji
Sumiko Mizukuboas Kazuko
Kōji Mitsuias Hiroshi
Yumeko Aizomeas Misako
Chishū Ryūas Policeman