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RUNTIME
Did you know
81 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Cast
Shinsuke Ashida
Kakizaki
Mike Daneen
William
Ken Hatano
Accompaniment
Kōji Wada
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Ryōji Hayama
Nobuo Kaneko
Yūko Kusunoki
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Yōichi Ushihara
- Writers
- Gan Yamazaki
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Did you know?
Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Yōichi Ushihara directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 181 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 265 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Shinsuke Ashida and Mike Daneen and Ken Hatano carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt15169254 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 81 min · 1h 21m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Yōichi Ushihara
Production companies
Who made it
Nikkatsu Corporation
JP
Key crew
- Assistant DirectorShōgorō Nishimura
- MusicTaichiro Kosugi
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1961-05-28
Also known as
International titles
- Whistling in the DarkUS
- Yami ni nagareru kuchibueJP
