Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel

The story

In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.

Cast

T Takeshi KitanoRokuro Fujisawa E Eita NagayamaYoshitaka Ichimura F Fumino Kimura H Hiroyuki Ikeuchi E Eiko KoikeYoko Fujisawa K Kazuhisa Kawahara K Kenji Anan K Kotaro Shiga T Takeshi Masu M Makoto Ashikawa H Hiroshi Takahashi K Kenji Kasai

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K Kenjiro Nashimoto K Kenji Mizuhashi K Kyusaku Shimada N Nicholas Pettas S Steve Wiley H Hiromi Kitagawa K Kei Otozuki A Akira Otaka M Miho Ohwada K Kazuyuki Matsuzawa S Satomi Achiwa K Kinya Kitaoji M Masayo Umezawa R Ritsuko Okusa O Omiyanomatsu J Jinta Nishizawa Y Yorie Yoshimoto J Jin Hirao M Mihoko Tsuchiya T Tamae Oonishi T Takuzo Kadono S Shiro Sano J Jun Fubuki E Etsuko Ichihara J Jun Kunimura Y Yuko TakeuchiYasuko Ehara M Masatô IbuNarrator (voice)