Stakeout

Harikomi involves a veteran policeman (Seiji Miyaguchi) and a junior associate (Minoru Ohki) trying to capture a malefactor during an oppressively hot summer. Their fugitive has fled Tokyo, leaving no real trail. For lack of any better options, the two officers travel to the town in Kyushu in which the criminal’s former girlfriend (Hideko Takmine) lives. Once in Kyushu, they rent a room in an inn across the street from Takamine’s home. While watching Takamine’s day to day life, they grow increasing sympathetic of her plight — she is married to a rather boorish banker and has demanding children. Eventually, because this lead has proved unpromising, the senior detective returns to Tokyo. However one day, Takamine gets a letter that changes her demeanor and eventually she sets off on a journey alone (except for Ohki tailing her). She finally does rendezvous with her former lover, still unaware of his legal problems. As they go together to a resort inn, Ohki gathers local reinforcements… —rozmon.blogspot.com