Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower

1957 1h 19m JA

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Synopsis

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Bored Hatamoto film #21

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa
Yuriko Tashiro
Entatsu Yokoyama
Shintarō Kido
Atsushi Watanabe
Lucky Kashima
Kazunari Motomatsu
Chizuru Kitagawa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sadatsugu Matsuda
Writers: Mitsuzō Sasaki, Yoshitake Hisa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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69 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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Directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda, shot by Shintarō Kawasaki. 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 Shiro Fukai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Utaemon Ichikawa and Yuriko Tashiro and Entatsu Yokoyama carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt29174694 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Sadatsugu Matsuda directs. Shintarō Kawasaki behind the camera. Shiro Fukai scores. Shintarō Miyamoto cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
269 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Bored Hatamoto Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda, shot by Shintarō Kawasaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Shiro Fukai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Shintarō Miyamoto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Utaemon Ichikawa and Yuriko Tashiro and Entatsu Yokoyama carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt29174694 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.