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66 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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Cast
Frankie Sakai
Keima Sunagawa
Keiko Awaji
Sumire Sakura
Chitose Kobayashi
Kiyoko Narikin
Kokinji Katsura
Tobei Kinoshita
Shin Morikawa
Deiryushi Hidaka
Roy James
稲吉靖
Okubo
Akira Tatsuoka
Kosuke Kishi
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Yūzō Kawashima
- Writers
- Yūzō Kawashima
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Yūzō Kawashima directs. Kōzō Okazaki behind the camera. Riichirō Manabe scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 166 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Directed by Yūzō Kawashima, shot by Kōzō Okazaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Original score by Riichirō Manabe. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Frankie Sakai and Keiko Awaji and Chitose Kobayashi carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0322573 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Kōzō Okazaki
- Original score
- Riichirō Manabe
- Production design
- Motoji Kojima
- Runtime
- 99 min · 1h 39m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Yūzō Kawashima
Production companies
Who made it
- TO
Tokyo Eiga
JP
TOHO
JP
Key crew
- Production DesignMotoji Kojima
- Executive ProducerIchirō Satō
- Sound RecordistEizo Sakai
- Lighting TechnicianSeishiro Ito
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1960-02-09
