Season of Tears

1969 1h 24m JA

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 1

Comedy

Synopsis

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Kyoichi Kageyama, a TV station reporter, is always getting into trouble. But when he gets his hands on a TV that shows the “news of the next day,” his reporting becomes a string of scoops, his love life blossoms, and everything starts going his way, until the news from tomorrow reports his aunt getting robbed and murdered!

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Mitsuo Hamada
George Hamano
Pancho Kagami
Louis Takano
Bokuzen Hidari
Yoko Kon
Masako Izumi
Kumeko Urabe

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yuji Tanno
Writers: Hiroshi Matsuki
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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

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2 / 8

ERA

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57 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yuji Tanno, shot by Kenji Hagiwara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Taku Izumi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Mitsuo Hamada and George Hamano and Pancho Kagami carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0230565 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Yuji Tanno directs. Kenji Hagiwara behind the camera. Taku Izumi scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
257 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Yuji Tanno, shot by Kenji Hagiwara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Taku Izumi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Mitsuo Hamada and George Hamano and Pancho Kagami carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0230565 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.