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Black Lizard

1962 · 101 min Mystery Drama
7.1 / 10 · TMDB

Detective Akeichi, sharp-eyed and weary of urban vice, receives a challenge from his most elusive adversary—the jewel thief known as Black Lizard. The kidnapping of an industrialist's daughter is merely her opening move in a refined game of cat and mouse. Pursuing her shadow, Akeichi descends into a world of illusions where dolls come to life and the line between art and crime dissolves. Each clue draws him deeper into a labyrinth of theatrical stages and collector's salons, where reality itself becomes a commodity traded between hunter and prey.

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Original Title 黒蜥蜴
Year 1962
Country Japan
Genre Mystery, Drama
Director Umetsugu Inoue
Runtime 101 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.1/10 (11 votes)

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This adaptation of Edogawa Rampo's novel is less a conventional mystery than a velvet nightmare woven from aesthetic decadence and theatrical artifice. Director Umetsugu Inoue prioritizes visual poetry, where every shop-window reflection and fold of a gown speaks louder than dialogue.

What lingers after the curtain falls is the haunting elegance of moral ambiguity, a game played not with pistols but with glances and whispered provocations. An exquisite artifact of stylized suspense. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Umetsugu Inoue

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