Praying Mantis (悪女かまきり) 41 years old

A man and a woman drift ashore after a typhoon. The man, dead, is an escaped perpetrator, and the woman, alive, is a hairdresser Masako. A detective in charge of an embezzlement case is tracking the whereabouts of disappeared money and suspects Masako. One year later, a real estate company president dies a suspicious death in front of Masako at her beauty salon. Was it an accidents or murder?

Credits

Hirohisa Nakata as Osanai

Kazuko Shirakawa as Mrs. Matsumiya

Eiji Okada as Taichi Dôjima

Tatsuya Nanjo as Kazuo Ibuki

Ryô Hayami as Takayuki Shimazaki

Isamu Nagato as Rokusuke Kobayashi

Praying Mantis Cast

Name	Character
Hirohisa Nakata He was 40, now 81 years old	as Osanai
Kazuko Shirakawa She was 35, now 77 years old	as Mrs. Matsumiya
Eiji Okada He was 62, 75 years old when he died	as Taichi Dôjima
Tatsuya Nanjo He was 34, now 76 years old	as Kazuo Ibuki
Ryô Hayami	as Takayuki Shimazaki
Isamu Nagato He was 51, 81 years old when he died	as Rokusuke Kobayashi

Praying Mantis Crew

Name	Department
Shunsuke Kikuchi as Original Music Composer. He was 52 (now 93) years old	Sound
Makoto Naito as Screenplay. He was 47 (now 88) years old	Writing
Tsutomu Imamura as Art Direction. He was 40 (now 81) years old	Art

Praying Mantis (41 years)

Release day: Friday, April 08, 1983
Runtime: 84 minutes