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.
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
Mystery + Drama in Japan
208 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Mystery and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding A Trap itself).
The 1964–1966 Japan Window
A Trap holds position #22 of 74 Japan films in the 1964–1966 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Trap premiered alongside 21 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 21 other Japan films in 1965.
The 220th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
12 audience reviews — more than 16% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 3th percentile among Japan films.
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 |