# Za Gokiburi > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Za_Gokiburi > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Za_Gokiburi.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Za_Gokiburi > Source revision: 1353144943 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1973 Japanese film Za Gokiburi Film poster Directed by Tsugunobu Kotani Screenplay by Wataru Kenmochi Tsugunobu Kotani Story by Isao Nioka Produced by Yūjirō Ishihara Kikumaru Okuda Masahiko Kobayashi Starring Tetsuya Watari Tetsuro Tamba Masaya Oki Kaku Takashina Tōru Minegishi Shunsuke Kariya Toru Abe Cinematography Mitsuji Kanau Edited by Juro Watanabe Music by Takeo Watanabe Distributed by Toho Ishihara Promotion Release date December 1, 1973 (1973-12-01) (Japan) Running time 83 minutes Country Japan Language Japanese ***Za Gokiburi*** ([Japanese](/source/Japanese_language): ザ・ゴキブリ) is a 1973 [Japanese](/source/Japan) [action](/source/Action_film) film directed by Tsugunobu Kotani.[1] It is 2nd of Detective Gokiburi series. The film is based on Isao Shinoka's [manga](/source/Manga) *Gokiburi Deka*.[2][3] Narugami Ryo is a detective nicknamed "Gokiburi" (cockroach).[4][5][6][7][8][9] ## Cast - [Tetsuya Watari](/source/Tetsuya_Watari) as Narugami Ryo - [Tetsuro Tamba](/source/Tetsuro_Tamba) as Kojima - [Masaya Oki](/source/Masaya_Oki) as Hashimoto - Yoshiro Aoki as Ito - [Kōji Nanbara](/source/K%C5%8Dji_Nanbara) as Shimura - [Kaku Takashina](/source/Kaku_Takashina) as Yoshida - [Tōru Minegishi](/source/T%C5%8Dru_Minegishi_(actor)) as Yamaoka Masashi - Shunsuke Kariya as Nakagawa - [Toru Abe](/source/Toru_Abe) as Kuroda Tsuyoshi ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["ザ・ゴキブリ"](http://db.eiren.org/contents/02019730041.html). 日本映画製作者連盟. Retrieved 19 March 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["ザ・ゴキブリ"](https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%82%AD%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA-DVD-%E6%B8%A1%E5%93%B2%E4%B9%9F/dp/B004J16KUK). Amazon. Retrieved 19 March 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["ザ・ゴキブリ"](https://eiga.com/movie/36638/). eiga.com. Retrieved 19 March 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["ザ・ゴキブリ"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160422132336/http://japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=12117). [Agency for Cultural Affairs](/source/Agency_for_Cultural_Affairs) 日本映画情報. Archived from [the original](https://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=12117) on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["ザ・ゴキブリ"](https://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/171654/001/01). wowow. Retrieved 1 January 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["ザ・ゴキブリ"](http://www.toho-a-park.com/newaction/gokiburi/index.html). 東宝アクション. Retrieved 1 January 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["ザ・ゴキブリ"](https://tsutaya.tsite.jp/item/movie/PTA00008MAX1). 蔦屋. Retrieved 1 January 2020.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Za Gokiburi"](http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=20019&key_search=%E3%82%B4%E3%82%AD%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA). [Kinema Junpo](/source/Kinema_Junpo). Retrieved 27 December 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["強烈な題名に偽りなし！ ゴキブリ同士の大戦闘！――春日太一の木曜邦画劇場"](https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/37161). *週刊文春オンライン*. 14 April 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2021. ## External links - [*Za Gokiburi*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0324645/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) This article related to a Japanese film of the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1970s-Japan-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1970s-Japan-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1970s-Japan-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Za Gokiburi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Za_Gokiburi) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Za_Gokiburi?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.