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Foul Play
1955·Movie
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Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was killed in the middle of a game.
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Questions about Foul Play
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Is Foul Play worth watching?
59
DecentGoodWatch scoreOpinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 59 (IMDb 5.8).
Is Foul Play a sequel?
- Seven Faces (1946)
- Thirteen Eyes (1947)
- Twenty-One Fingerprints (1948)
- Thirty-three footprints (1948)
- One-Eyed Detective (1953)
- Bannai Tarao Series Demon King of Kyokumadan (1954)
- Foul Play (1955)
- Seven Masks of Revenge (1955)
- The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye (1956)
- Man of Thirteen Eyes (1958)
- The Man of Seven Faces (1960)
Yes: it's movie 7 of 11 in its series, after Bannai Tarao Series Demon King of Kyokumadan (1954) and before Seven Masks of Revenge (1955).
Is Foul Play in English?
Japanese
No, it was made in Japanese.
What tropes does Foul Play use?
Japanese TouristArtistic License – BiologyCool Old GuyThrowing Your Sword Always WorksMacGuffinVillain in a White SuitStraw AtheistOne Dialogue, Two ConversationsCurtain CamouflagePunny NameSpiritual SuccessorWhat Happened to the Mouse?and 49 more
TV Tropes lists 61 tropes for it, including Japanese Tourist, Artistic License – Biology, and Cool Old Guy.