Tarao Bannai

The Legendary Detective Returns

Tarao Bannai — Plot

Baseball player Takatsuka is murdered mid-game in front of a large crowd. The autopsy reveals that he has been killed by a needle coated with a poison used by the Ainu tribe for hunting. The next morning, sports photographer Kawase is killed in the same manner. Kawase’s sister, Yuko, hires Taro Banai, the detective with seven faces, to uncover the truth.

• Release date
• April 8, 1978
• Runtime
• 104 min
• Director
• Norifumi Suzuki

Tarao Bannai — Cast

Akira Kobayashi Bannai Tarao Aki Yashiro Yoko Natsuki Masako Niimura

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Toshio Egi Ann Lewis Singer Toshiaki Minami Midori Takei Atsuko Kawaguchi