Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley (1961)
1h 2m
Running Time
June 9, 1961Release Date
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley (1961)
1h 2m
Running Time
June 9, 1961Release Date
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Plot.
The great Sonny Chiba stars as Goro Saionji, a drifting thrill-seeker. Out to investigate a suspisious plane crash in the Red Valley, he uncovers a plot involving yakuza and a shady land developer to evict an old farmer off of his land to build a sky resort. Goro must now help the old farmer and his daughter and take those criminals on.
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Cast & Crew.
Harumi Sone
Tetsu
Sonny Chiba
Gorô Saionji
Shigemi Kitahara
Misako Kayama
Yuko Kobayashi
Chikako Ueda
Jun Usami
Seitarô Ueda
Yayoi Furusato
Fumie
Takashi Kanda
Actor
Kinji Fukasaku
Director
Fumio Kōnami
Writer
Mitsuo Andō
Gen of Southpow
Ichirô Kojima
Fumio Kayama
Yoshinari Matsubara
Writer
Masayoshi Ikeda
Composer
Masahiko Iimura
Cinematographer
Akira Suzuki
Editor
Akira Kuji
Gamechi
Kazuo Nakanishi
Child A from Ueda Farm
Naoyuki Umezawa
Child B from Ueda Farm
Go Kosonoe
Child D of Ueda Farm
Yukiko Okada
Child E from Ueda Farm
Mitsuru Takeuchi
Child C from Ueda Farm
Hiroshi Kitagawa
Art Direction
Michio Konishi
Assistant Director
Yozo Uchida
Sound Recordist
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Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley (風来坊探偵 赤い谷の惨劇, Fūraibō tantei: akai tani no sangeki) (also known as Duel in the Valley) is a 1961 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Sonny Chiba. It was filmed in black and white with mono audio. The film was followed by the sequel Drifting Detective: Black Wind in the Harbor, also released in 1961. It was Sonny Chiba's first starring role in a film.