Village of Eight Gravestones

1977 2h 31m JA

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 10

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Synopsis

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The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kenichi Hagiwara
Tatsuya Terada
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Tatsuya Terada (Young)
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Kosuke Kindaichi
Mayumi Ogawa
Miyako Mori
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Hisashi Tajimi
Yōko Yamamoto
Haruyo Tajimi
Etsuko Ichihara
Tajimi Kotake
Ninako Yamaguchi
Tajimi Koume

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yoshitarō Nomura
Writers: Shinobu Hashimoto
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 151 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, shot by Takashi Kawamata. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

CAST

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Kenichi Hagiwara and Hidetaka Yoshioka and Kiyoshi Atsumi carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0204745 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Yoshitarō Nomura directs. Takashi Kawamata behind the camera. Yasushi Akutagawa scores. Kazuo Ôta cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 151 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
249 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, shot by Takashi Kawamata. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Yasushi Akutagawa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Kazuo Ôta shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Kenichi Hagiwara and Hidetaka Yoshioka and Kiyoshi Atsumi carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0204745 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.