Round About Midnight

While on a cigarette break in between sets, Koji, a jazz musician, witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being pursued by the killers. Mistakenly identified as prime suspects, they have to solve the crime but time is running out: Koji has to be back to perform in his club by midnight, as a very special guest will be attending.

Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada

as Koji

Michele Reis

as Linda

Ittoku Kishibe

as Nanbu

Jun Kunimura

as Oba

Junichi Haruta

as Sakuma

Akira Emoto

as Totsuka

Takashi Sasano

as Tasaki

Masako Motai

as Shopkeeper

Shinobu Otake

as Couple

Katsumi Takahashi

as Couple

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