JAPAN · 1977

Island of Hell

Kon Ichikawa
Japanese Golden Age murder investigation post-war Japan island setting detective noir serial killer
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A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

Year1977
CountryJapan
DirectorKon Ichikawa
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