Yajû shisubeshi
Movie (1959)
Japanese title : 野獣死すべし
English title : The Beast Shall Die
Starring:
Tatsuya Nakadai (Kunihiko Date)
Hiroshi Koizumi (Detective Masugi)
Reiko Dan (Taeko Kusumi)
Yumi Shirakawa (Yôko Mine)
Makoto Satô (Mita, bodyguard)
Eiko Miyoshi (Flower selling woman)
A promising post-graduate literature student (Nakadai) is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man. One of the first "lonely hit-man" or "lonely killer.
Douglas DC-4-1009
DC-4-1009 or Douglas C-54 Skymaster in the foreground seen from the terrace of Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND) See discussion tab. Another one is parked in front of maintenance halls in the far background.
Behind it, is the Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser of Pan American World Airways listed below.
Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser
Registration N1025V, c/n 15925. Delivered new to PAA-Pan American World Airways in January 1949, named Clipper America. Renamed Clipper Rainbow in 1950, then Clipper Celestial in the late 50s with new Pan American World Airways Jet Age / Globe scheme livery (1958/1970). Sold to Israel Aircraft Industries in February 1962, registered 4X-ASA. Transferred to Israel Air Force with new registration 4X-FOF in August 1962, then 4X-FPW in May 1965. Written off in December 1975.
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