Fossilized Wilderness

1982 2h 3m JA

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 1

ActionCrimeMystery

Synopsis

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Detective Nishina Sosuke, the director of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division 1, is suddenly attacked by a trio of men at his apartment at midnight. When he regains consciousness, the corpse of a foreigner shot with his pistol lies in front of him. Nishina, with the help of his friend and newspaper reporter Mineshima, who believes in his innocence and vows to cooperate, pursues the incident and reveals a conspiracy related with 5,000 kilograms of gold that disappeared at the end of the WW2.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tsunehiko Watase
Sousuke Nishina
Eiji Gō
Yukihiko Yamasawa
Atsuko Asano
Bunjaku Han
Hideo Murota
Kahori Takeda
Ryuji Katagiri
Takeshi Kaga

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yasuharu Hasebe
Writers: Shōichi Maruyama, Jukō Nishimura
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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44 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yasuharu Hasebe, shot by Masaru Mori. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Akira Suzuki shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Tsunehiko Watase and Eiji Gō and Atsuko Asano carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0382776 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Yasuharu Hasebe directs. Masaru Mori behind the camera. Akira Suzuki cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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144 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Yasuharu Hasebe, shot by Masaru Mori. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Akira Suzuki shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Tsunehiko Watase and Eiji Gō and Atsuko Asano carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0382776 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.