To Trap a Kidnapper
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is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Shunya Itō
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Shunya Ito
is a Japanese film director famed for starting the Sasori series of 1970s exploitation films based on Toru Shinohara's manga and starring Meiko Kaji. Itō worked for Toei Company for most of his career...
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Awards
6th Japan Academy Prize- Won: Best Supporting Actress - Rumiko KoyanagiRumiko Koyanagiis a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best new artist at the 13th Japan Record Awards and won the Japan Music Award in 1972. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 6th Japan Academy Prize for To Trap a Kidnapper and the award for best actress at the 7th Japan Academy...
- Nominated: Best Film
- Nominated: Best Director - Shunya ItōShunya Itois a Japanese film director famed for starting the Sasori series of 1970s exploitation films based on Toru Shinohara's manga and starring Meiko Kaji. Itō worked for Toei Company for most of his career...
- Nominated: Best Screenplay - Hirō Matsuda
- Nominated: Best Actor - Kenichi HagiwaraKenichi HagiwaraKenichi Hagiwara , also known as Sho-Ken, was the lead singer of The Tempters, the "bad boys" of the Group Sounds Japan pop scene in the mid and late 1960s...
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actress - Kumiko AkiyoshiKumiko Akiyoshi, better known as , is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 1st Hochi Film Award for Banka, Saraba natsuno hikariyo and Brother and Sister.-Filmography:...