Tokaido Hijo Keikai

[Machine Translation] The daughter who disappeared from an express train! The face of the emergency who wants a wad of cash! The entire train line is on a manhunt for the culprit! A masterpiece suspense action movie about a kidnapping and murder on a limited express train is now available on DVD for the first time. Tatsuo Yamada, acclaimed director of period dramas such as Kanjuro Arashi's "The Inazuma Magistrate" and Tomisaburo Wakayama's "Ningyo Sashichi Tatakimonocho Koshimoto Shisei Shijin", directs this modern drama following the success of "Spy and Chastity". The film depicts the sadness of people living at the bottom of society in a fast-paced production. --A detective, Yamauchi, and a reporter for a weekly magazine, Kyoko, are on the express train "Kodama" when the daughter of a wealthy conglomerate is kidnapped. Takagi, a railroad public safety officer, tells Chiyo, a maid of the Higashiyama family, who had come to meet the daughter, about what he witnessed. She tells him that the Higashiyama family has been receiving many threatening phone calls recently. Then, President Higashiyama receives a call demanding a ransom of 10 million yen. Higashiyama suspects that it is the Yasuoka clan, which continues to threaten him with merger talk, and keeps it a secret from the police. Chiyo overhears Higashiyama and Murai, his secretary, talking in secret, and goes to a phone booth to inform Takagi. After arranging a meeting with Takagi, Chiyo regains her composure and is attacked by a fast-moving foreign car. Yamauchi and Kyoko close in on the case with their own deductions and investigations. The ransom is handed over, but Kyoko, wanting a special story, is too brave and misses the culprit. Yamauchi examines the events leading up to the ransom and suspects that one of the people involved has an informant on the perpetrators' side. Kyoko senses this and approaches Murai, a childhood friend. Yamauchi piles up the facts as they come to light, and closes in on the culprit. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department then orders an emergency alert for the entire Tokaido Highway.

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特急列車から消えた令嬢! 札束を狙う非常の顔! 犯人を追って全線緊急手配! 特急列車で起きた誘拐事件、そして殺人事件をスピーディーな展開で描いた傑作サスペンスアクションが初DVD化。嵐寛寿郎の『稲妻奉行』や若山富三郎の『人形佐七捕物帖 腰元刺青死美人』などの時代劇演出で定評のある山田達雄が、『スパイと貞操』のヒットに続き現代劇を監督。テンポ良い演出の中に社会の底辺で生活する人々の哀しさも描いている。 ――刑事・山内と週刊誌の記者・京子が乗った特急こだまで財閥令嬢が誘拐される。鉄道公安官の高木は、令嬢の出迎えにきていた東山家の女中・千代に目撃した出来事を話すと、最近の東山家には脅迫紛いの電話が多いと話す。そして東山社長に一千万円の身代金を要求する電話が。東山は、合併話で脅迫を続ける安岡組の仕業と睨み警察には秘密にする。秘書の村井と東山が密談している様子を耳にした千代は高木へ知らせるために電話ボックスへ。高木と会う約束を取り付け、落ち着きを取り戻した千夜を猛スピードの外車が襲う。山内と京子はそれぞれの推理と捜査で事件に迫っていく。そして身代金の受け渡しが行われるが、特ダネが欲しい京子の勇み足で犯人を逃してしまう。これまでの経緯を検証した山内は、関係者の中に犯人側の内通者がいると推測する。それを察した京子は、幼馴染であった村井に近づくのだった。判明していく事実を積み上げて犯人へと迫る山内。そして警視庁は東海道全線に非常警戒命令を下す。