Black Lizard Movie Review 1968

A camp spectacle set in the Japanese underworld. The Lizard is the glamorous queen of Tokyo crime who plots to steal a famous diamond by first kidnapping the owner's daughter. Complications arise when she falls for a detective. The Lizard is played by female impersonator Maruyama. Mishima, who wrote the original drama and the screenplay, has a cameo as an embalmed corpse. Style is all. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Distribution

CineVista, 2044 Prairie Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33139, Toll-free: 800-341-2463, URL: http://www.cinevistavideo.com

Available on VHS
Running time 112 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Organized Crime, Film Noir, Adapted from a Play, Tokyo

Screenplay

Yukio Mishima

Cast

Akihiro Maruyama, Isao Kimura, Yukio Mishima, Kikko Matsuoka

Director

Kinji Fukasaku