Black Lizard (黒蜥蜴) 55 years old

A wealthy jeweler receives a note warning him of the planned kidnapping of his daughter. To prevent it from happening, the jeweler hires Japan's number one detective Akechi to keep his daughter safe. When the kidnapper is revealed to the cunning jewel thief Black Lizard who is also after the jeweler's “Star of Egypt” diamond, it sets off a battle of wits between Black Lizard and Akechi as each attempt to outsmart the other.

Credits

Akihiro Miwa as Black Lizard

Yukio Mishima as Human statue

Yûsuke Kawazu as Junichi Amamiya

Kô Nishimura as Private Detective Keiji Matoba

Isao Kimura as Detective Akechi

Kikko Matsuoka as Sanaye

Black Lizard Cast

Name	Character
Akihiro Miwa He was 33, now 88 years old	as Black Lizard
Yukio Mishima He was 43, 45 years old when he died	as Human statue
Yûsuke Kawazu He was 33, now 88 years old	as Junichi Amamiya
Kô Nishimura He was 45, 74 years old when he died	as Private Detective Keiji Matoba
Isao Kimura He was 45, 58 years old when he died	as Detective Akechi
Kikko Matsuoka She was 21, now 77 years old	as Sanaye
Kyôichi Satô He was 31, now 87 years old	as Ôkawa
Tetsurō Tamba He was 46, 84 years old when he died
Toshiko Kobayashi She was 36, 84 years old when she died	as Hina
Junya Usami	as Shobei Iwasa

Black Lizard Crew

Name	Department
Keiichi Uraoka as Editor. He was 38 (78) years old when He died	Editing
Rampo Edogawa as Novel. He was 73 (70) years old when He died	Writing
Isao Tomita as Music. He was 36 (70) years old when He died	Sound
Kinji Fukasaku as Director. He was 38 (72) years old when He died	Directing
Masashige Narusawa as Writer. He was 43 (now 99) years old	Writing
Yukio Mishima as Theatre Play. He was 43 (45) years old when He died	Writing

Black Lizard (55 years)

Release day: Wednesday, July 31, 1968
Runtime: 86 minutes