Badge of the Night
Movie| Title | 夜の勲章 |
| User score | 0 |
| Release date | Mar 31, 1963 |
| Genre | Drama, Crime |
| Director | Akinori Matsuo |
| Production country | Japan |
| Production companies | Nikkatsu Corporation |
| Run time | 101 min. |
A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person search soon becomes a murder case. Nightclub-managing, drug-dealing gangster Uchida is the prime suspect in the case until he commits suicide. Kobayashi then discovers evidence that points to the doctor sibling of an innocent girl. The climax in a rural snowy locale is suspenseful and well-staged.
