Japan Synopsis
霧の旗
When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.
The 1964–1966 Japan Window
74 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. A Trap sits at position #22.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with A Trap. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shochiku
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1960s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Trap premiered. 202 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,884 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (59th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Mystery productions specifically: #191 of 426 (top 45%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shochiku |
| Runtime | 1h 51m |
| Release Date | May 28, 1965 |
| IMDb | tt1363113 |