80% Critic Match

Dead Angle

8.0 / 10• 1979• 2h 34m•NR• Japanese

CrimeThrillerDrama

Storyline

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.

Cast & Crew

Isao Natsuyagi

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Lead

Yoko Shimada

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Mitsuko Oka

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Edward James Olmos

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Akira Nakao

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Katsu Ryūzaki

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Shin Kishida

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Yoko Natsuki

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What People Are Saying

4.0

“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tōru Murakawa's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”

— Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

4.0

“Every frame feels alive. Dead Angle is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”

— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

Dead Angle

8.0 / 10• 1979• 2h 34m•NR• Japanese

CrimeThrillerDrama

Storyline

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.

Cast & Crew

Isao Natsuyagi

—

Lead

Yoko Shimada

—

Mitsuko Oka

—

Edward James Olmos

—

Akira Nakao

—

Katsu Ryūzaki

—

Shin Kishida

—

Yoko Natsuki

—

What People Are Saying

4.0

“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tōru Murakawa's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”

— Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

4.0

“Every frame feels alive. Dead Angle is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”

— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

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