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Lady Hunter: Prelude to Kill

Original title: Redi hantâ: Koroshi no pureryûdo
  • Video
  • 1991
  • 1h 18m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
146
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Lady Hunter: Prelude to Kill (1991)
JapaneseAction

Two care takers are obliged to tend to a child and take care of him overnight when his mother fails to collect him at the end of the day. It turns out to be a more difficult task than first ... Read allTwo care takers are obliged to tend to a child and take care of him overnight when his mother fails to collect him at the end of the day. It turns out to be a more difficult task than first imagined. Special operation thugs demand the boy be handed over to them and launch an atta... Read allTwo care takers are obliged to tend to a child and take care of him overnight when his mother fails to collect him at the end of the day. It turns out to be a more difficult task than first imagined. Special operation thugs demand the boy be handed over to them and launch an attack to retrieve him. One of the caretakers recruits help and withstands the attacks in orde... Read all

  • Director
    • Takashi Miike
  • Writers
    • Shinjirô Ishihama
    • Tatsuo Eguchi
  • Stars
    • Yoshie Kashiwabara
    • Naomi Morinaga
    • Kôsuke Morita
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    146
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Takashi Miike
    • Writers
      • Shinjirô Ishihama
      • Tatsuo Eguchi
    • Stars
      • Yoshie Kashiwabara
      • Naomi Morinaga
      • Kôsuke Morita
    • 3User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Yoshie Kashiwabara
    • Saeko
    Naomi Morinaga
    Kôsuke Morita
    Isao Murata
    • Director
      • Takashi Miike
    • Writers
      • Shinjirô Ishihama
      • Tatsuo Eguchi
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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      This is the first film directed by Takashi Miike.

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    Details

    • Release date
      • December 21, 1991 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • レディハンター 殺しのプレュード
    • Production company
      • Shochiku
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 18m(78 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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