In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.
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Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel Cast
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Character |
Takeshi Kitano
He was 67, now 77 years old
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as Rokuro Fujisawa |
Jun Kunimura
He was 58, now 69 years old
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Etsuko Ichihara
She was 77, 82 years old when she died
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Takuzô Kadono
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Yūko Takeuchi
She was 33, now 44 years old
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as Yasuko Ehara |
Masayo Umezawa
She was 60, now 71 years old
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Takeshi Masu
He was 58, now 69 years old
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Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
He was 37, now 48 years old
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Masatō Ibu
He was 64, now 75 years old
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as Narrator (voice) |
Kenji Anan
He was 51, now 62 years old
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Kazuhisa Kawahara
He was 26, now 37 years old
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Shirō Sano
He was 58, now 69 years old
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Kyūsaku Shimada
He was 58, now 69 years old
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Eita
He was 31, now 42 years old
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as Yoshitaka Ichimura |
Makoto Ashikawa
He was 53, now 64 years old
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Jun Fubuki
She was 61, now 72 years old
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Kenji Mizuhashi
He was 39, now 49 years old
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Kinya Kitaoji
He was 70, now 81 years old
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Eiko Koike
She was 33, now 44 years old
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as Yoko Fujisawa |
Satomi Achiwa
She was 54, now 65 years old
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Jin Hirao
He was 56, now 67 years old
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Kenji Kasai
He was 90, 72 years old when he died
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Kotaro Shiga
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Akira Otaka
He was 57, now 67 years old
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Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel Crew