Characters & Themes
Passport to Darkness (1959) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1959 · 89 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Seijun Suzuki
- Starring
- Masumi Okada, Yasukiyo Umeno, Hiroshi Kondō, Shinsuke Ashida, Keisuke Yukioka, Ryōji Hayama
A jazz bandleader falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend flees the law and dives into Tokyo’s sin‑city, hunting the real killer. He stays one step ahead of the police while navigating a maze of nightclubs and back‑streets, all filmed in Seijun Suzuki’s dark, atmospheric noir style.
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