About
Baseball player Takatsuka is murdered mid-game in front of a large crowd. The autopsy reveals that he has been killed by a needle coated with a poison used by the Ainu tribe for hunting. The next morning, sports photographer Kawase is killed in the same manner. Kawase’s sister, Yuko, hires Taro Banai, the detective with seven faces, to uncover the truth.
Director
Writer
Music
Studio
Toei Company
Original Title
多羅尾伴内
Original Language
Japanese
Tarao Bannai Remake Collection
The 1978 remake of Tarao Bannai with Akira Kobayashi in the lead role.
Cast
Full credits →A
Akira Kobayashi
Bannai Tarao
A
Aki Yashiro
Y
Yoko Natsuki
Masako Niimura
T
Toshio Egi
A
Ann Lewis
Singer
T
Toshiaki Minami
M
Midori Takei
A
Atsuko Kawaguchi
N
Nami Misaki
T
Tōru Abe
Koizumi
T
Torahiko Hamada
H
Hirohisa Nakata
K
Kyōichi Satō
I
Isao Kuraishi
Detective Yamamoto
M
Masashi Ishibashi
M
Mikio Narita
Goro Seo
B
Bin Amatsu
Hachiro Mochizuki
I
Ichirō Zaitsu
Detective Udagawa
R
Ryō Ikebe
Nobuyuki Kinomata
