Film

The Diary of a Police Officer: The Slammer Is Full

1961 · 1h 6m · Drama · Comedy

A small provincial town surrounded by mountains and fields in northeastern Japan. Here a group of eight policemen solve a series of unusual cases, ranging from extortion, to drunken fathers, to corruption and even the persecution of a man who claims to be an alien. This entertaining film shows these cops with a human heart with humor.

Tadao Sawamoto

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Jūkichi Uno

Kinzō Shin

Asao Sano

Zenpei Saga

Masakane Yonekura

Shosei Muto

Keiichi Shimada

Yuichi Saito

• Mitsuo WakasugiDirector
• Shunsuke KawasakiScreenplay
• Tamio AoyamaScreenplay
• Ichirō SaitōOriginal Music Composer

Release date

March 27, 1961

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 6m

Genres

Drama, Comedy