The Detective

Drama, Crime

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Junta Matsushita

Status Released

Release Date 1984-09-22

Storyline

Detective Muramatsu's wife, Fusae, is killed by a drug addict. After the criminal climbs to the roof of the house with a hostage, Muramatsu shoots him dead in order to rescue the hostage, but the public denounces his actions as stemming from the personal grudge of a detective whose wife was just murdered, and he is demoted.