Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown

1951 1h 20m JA

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Synopsis

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Bored Hatamoto movie #12

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Chikako Miyagi
Yoshi Katō
Isamu Yamaguchi
Jushiro Kobayashi
Kichijirō Ueda
Achako Hanabishi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nobuo Nakagawa
Writers: Mitsuzō Sasaki, Kintaro Inoue, Tokuhei Wakao
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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

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ERA

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75 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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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa, shot by Harumi Fujii. 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 Tokujirō Ōkubo. 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 Ryūnosuke Tsukigata and Chikako Miyagi carry the top of the cast.

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IMDB entry: tt5149114 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Nobuo Nakagawa directs. Harumi Fujii behind the camera. Tokujirō Ōkubo scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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180 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
275 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Bored Hatamoto Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa, shot by Harumi Fujii. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Tokujirō Ōkubo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Utaemon Ichikawa and Ryūnosuke Tsukigata and Chikako Miyagi carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt5149114 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.