Stakeout (1958 film)

Stakeout (張込み, Harikomi) is a 1958 Japanese drama and crime film directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, based on a short story by Seicho Matsumoto of the same name.[1][2]

Stakeout
張込み
Directed byYoshitarō Nomura
Written byShinobu Hashimoto
Based on"Harikomi"
by Seicho Matsumoto
Produced byTakeshi Ogura
Starring
CinematographySeiji Inoue
Edited byYoshiyasu Hamamura
Music byToshirō Mayuzumi
Production
company
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • 15 January 1958 (1958-01-15) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time
116 minutes[1][2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Plot

After the murder of a pawnbroker, Tokyo detectives Shimooka and Yuki are sent to Kyushu, home of murder suspect Ishii's former girlfriend Sadako, as the police expect Ishii to make contact with her. While observing her house, Yuki starts to sympathise with Sadako, who lives in an unhappy marriage with her loveless businessman husband. When Ishii finally meets with Sadako, Yuki's initial presumption, that he might want to kill her and subsequently commit suicide, is proven wrong. Sadako, regretting their once parting, asks Ishii to allow her to go with him, but Ishii, ill with tuberculosis, declines. The police arrest Ishii, leaving behind a grieving Sadako. As Shimooka and Yuki prepare to return to Tokyo with Ishii, Yuki writes a telegram to his girlfriend Yumiko, promising to marry her once he returns.

Cast

Awards

1958 Kinema Junpo Award,[3] Blue Ribbon Award[4] and Mainichi Film Award[5] for Best Screenplay (Shinobu Hashimoto).

Legacy

Matsumoto's short story was repeatedly adapted for television in later years.[6] Some of these adaptations stayed closer to the original story, which has only one detective, Yuki, observe Sadako,[7] while others took over Hashimoto's idea to present two detectives.

References
  1. "張込み (Stakeout)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. "張込み (Stakeout)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. "キネマ旬報 ベスト・テン 1958年・第32回". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  4. "1958 Blue Ribbon Awards" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  5. "1958 Mainichi Film Awards" (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. "張込み (Stakeout, films)". テレビドラマデータベース (TV Drama Database) (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  7. "張込み (Stakeout, book)". Kobunsha (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 March 2021.
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