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FIVE PETAL CAMELLIA

原題
五瓣の椿
Original Title
GOBEN NO TSUBAKI
Production Year
1964
Running Time
163min
Genre
Color
Color
Director
Cast
Shima IWASHITA, Go KATO, Sachiko HIDARI, Eiji OKADA

Introduction
Notorious men died mysteriously one after another. Each of them was killed at a stroke with an ornamental hairpin, and a flower of Camellia was left at each scene. The murderer is supposed to be a young, beautiful and mysterious woman...
Synopsis
The year of Tenpo 5, at the midnight of a New Year's Day, a dormitory of Musashiya Kihei at the edge of Honjyo Shirakawa River was burned by a suspected case of arson, and three dead bodies were found. Based on the testimonies of employees that these bodies were recognized as a master Kihei, his wife Osano, and his daughter Oshino. Suffered by leukemia, Kihei had but a few days to live, and Oshino devoted herself to look after her father. But Osono did not care at all and she lived a debauched life. Late in autumn that year, notorious men died mysteriously one after another. Each of them was killed at a stroke with an ornamental hairpin, and a flower of Camellia was left at each scene. The murderer is supposed to be a young, beautiful and mysterious woman. Yoriki and Aoki, detectives of Hachobori are desperately scanning, and finally they reach an unexpected suspect.