The stairway to the distant past /

"Broke, his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle. But when Lily, a beautiful stripper from out of Hama's past, returns to town, the fuse is lit on a criminal powder keg set to blo...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Harukana jidai no kaidan o.
Corporate Authors:	Fō Raifu Rekōdo (Firm), Eizō Tanteisha (Firm), Assoc. Detective Agencies, Japan (Firm), Tidepoint Pictures, Kino International Corporation
Other Authors:	Hayashi, Kaizo, 1957-, Saga, Yoshiharu, Koga, Shunsuke, Wadakura, Kazutoshi, Tengan, Daisuke, 1959-, Nagase, Masatoshi, 1966-, Wanibuchi, Haruko, Ohmine, Mika, Sano, Shirō, 1955-, Maro, Akaji, Morechand, Françoise, Nanbara, Kiyotaka, Shishido, Jō, 1933-, Sakamoto, Sumiko, Okada, Eiji, 1920-1995
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Japanese
Language Notes:	In Japanese with optional subtitles in English.
Published:	New York, NY : Kino on Video, [2005]
Edition:	Letterboxed.
Series:	Maiku Hama film trilogy.
Subjects:	Detective and mystery films. Private investigators > Japan > Drama. Foreign films. Motion pictures, Japanese. Feature films.

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Summary:	"Broke, his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle. But when Lily, a beautiful stripper from out of Hama's past, returns to town, the fuse is lit on a criminal powder keg set to blow the lid off the Yokohama underworld. Hama's search for his long lost parents soon has him up to his neck in a simmering conspiracy pitting corrupt politicians, local Yakuza gangsters and the Taiwanese mafia against the mysterious 'Man in White.' Forced to admit the truth of his past to both himself and his plucky kid sister, Hama now must discover whether private eyes are born or made--if he can just keep from getting killed first"--Container.
Item Description:	"Tidepoint Pictures"--Disc surface. "Endorsed by Assoc. Detective Agencies, Japan"--Opening credits. Originally released as a motion picture in 1995. First released in Japan. Titles in the series: The most terrible time in my life, The stairway to the distant past, The trap. Special features: The Maiku Hama trilogy : trailers -- Stills gallery -- Cast & crew profiles. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; region 1.
Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:	Cinematography, Yuichi Nagata ; music by Meyna Co.