Why it may be worth watching
- Praying Mantis combines Mystery elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Midori Satsuki, Ryô Hayami, Mako Toyoda.
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Praying Mantis
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?
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Cast
Midori SatsukiMasako Fujimura
Ryô HayamiTakayuki Shimazaki
Mako ToyodaKaoru Ibuki
Etsuko Nami
Akiko HyūgaMasako's mother
Kazuko ShirakawaMrs. Matsumiya
Isamu NagatoRokusuke Kobayashi
Tatsuya NanjoKazuo Ibuki
Munemaru KôdaTachibana
Hiroshi Kobayashi
Makoto ShimotsukaShingo Hashimoto
Shinzō Hotta
Hirohisa NakataOsanai
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Is Praying Mantis right for you?
Who may enjoy it
Best suited to viewers looking for Mystery. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.
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