Intimidation
Koreyoshi Kurahara's ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a desperate bank manager, blackmailed for book-cooking, and his resentful but timid underling, passed over for a promotion. The marvelously moody Intimidation is an elegantly stripped-down and carefully paced crime drama.
Cast: Jun Hamamura, Kō Nishimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Yōko Kozono, Kōjirō Kusanagi, Mari Shiraki, Zenji Yamada, Tomio Aoki, Reiko Arai, Norikatsu Hanamura, Toshizō Kudō, Chiyoko Shimizu, Nobuo Kawakami
Crew: Koreyoshi Kurahara (Director), Osamu Kawase (Screenplay), Kinichi Kamei (Production Manager), Takinosuke Yagi (Sound), Takashi Nomura (Assistant Director)