Black Weapon

1964 1h 29m JA

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Synopsis

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Industrial espionage gets in the way of love and marriage for factory worker Katayanagi.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Jiro Tamiya
Yūko Hamada
Nobuo Kaneko
Jun Negami
Ryūzō Shimada
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Tazuko Niki
Kazuko Wakamatsu

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Akira Inoue
Writers: Mitsuro Kotaki, Kazuo Funahashi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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62 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Black Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Jiro Tamiya and Yūko Hamada and Nobuo Kaneko carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt8937514 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Akira Inoue directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
262 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Black Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Jiro Tamiya and Yūko Hamada and Nobuo Kaneko carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt8937514 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.