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RUNTIME
Did you know
87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Cast
Yoshiko Sakuma
Sumiko Fuji
Shinjirō Ehara
Kō Nishimura
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Shinji Murayama
- Writers
- Kaneto Shindō
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Shinji Murayama directs. Makoto Tsudoi behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 262 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Shinji Murayama, shot by Makoto Tsudoi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Yoshiko Sakuma and Sumiko Fuji and Shinjirō Ehara carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0358608 — 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
- Makoto Tsudoi
- Runtime
- 87 min · 1h 27m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Shinji Murayama
Production companies
Who made it
Toei Tokyo
JP
Key crew
- MusicSei Ikeno
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1964-11-21
Also known as
International titles
- Nikutai no seisoJP
