The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty

Horror, Mystery73 minutes1957Japan

The year is 1937, and it has been six months since the Sendai Infantry left for Manchuria. The rotted corpse of a young woman is found at the bottom of a well, but her face and limbs are gone. The military police begin an investigation and search fervently for the person responsible, but they can't even determine the victim's identity, much less find any clues. However, the incident is made public when newspapers give wide coverage to the story, so Staff Sergeant Kosaka is dispatched from Tokyo to solve the case. Eventually, General Tsunekichi is taken into custody by local infantrymen because of the testimony of another unit, but the spirit of the dead woman appears before Staff Sergeant Kosaka, who continues to investigate on his own...

Director
Kyōtarō Namiki
Cast
Shoji Nakayama, Shigeru Amachi, Hiroshi Ayukawa, Masaru Kodaka, Shuntarō Emi