Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion

1962 1h 28m JA

Synopsis

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Bored Hatamoto movie #29

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa
Sawamura Sōjūrō IX
Kikuko Hojo
Atsushi Watanabe
Shunji Sakai
Ryūji Shinagawa
Eriko Yoshida
Yoshie Mizutani

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nobuo Nakagawa
Writers: Shinji Kessoku
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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

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ERA

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64 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Bored Hatamoto Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Eiichi Yamada. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Utaemon Ichikawa and Sawamura Sōjūrō IX and Kikuko Hojo carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5146326 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Nobuo Nakagawa directs. Eiichi Yamada scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
264 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Bored Hatamoto Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Original score by Eiichi Yamada. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Utaemon Ichikawa and Sawamura Sōjūrō IX and Kikuko Hojo carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt5146326 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.