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Did you know
Tight 42-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Cast
Yuko Yamamoto
Hideya Fujie
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Isshin Inudo
- Writers
- Isshin Inudo, Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Yumiko Oshima
- Countries
- Japan
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Isshin Inudo directs. Toyonori Kobayashi behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 42-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 244 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Isshin Inudo, shot by Toyonori Kobayashi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Yuko Yamamoto and Hideya Fujie carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0268900 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Toyonori Kobayashi
- Runtime
- 42 min · 0h 42m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Isshin Inudo
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1982-05-01