Crime Reporter (1959)
Overview
The story centers on the fierce competition among newspaper reporters stationed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department as they race to break major scoops. Alongside this, the film humorously depicts a rookie reporter who grows while repeatedly making mistakes. The first film in a series adapted from an NHK TV drama. Focused on those who work at the 'Sakurada Press Club', the home base of crime reporters who pursue exclusive stories in a corner of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.
Cast
Tomo'o Nagai
Aizawa
Yasumi Hara
Yūsuke Takita
Joe Shishido
Fujimoto
Tadao Sawamoto
Suga (New Reporter)
Yoshiko Okano
Yusako (Fashion Model)
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Chieko Sōma
Oka (Proprietress of Restaurant "Hisago")
Masao Shimizu
Saigo
Ryōhei Uchida
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