His Highness Surabaya

1955 1h 26m JA

Comedy

Synopsis

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Hisaya Morishige is Kyutaro, a nuclear physicist and his twin brother, Eiji, a con man. Eiji finally hits on his most elaborate scheme yet, to pretend to be a king of a remote, undiscovered island, and becomes a media sensation.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Hisaya Morishige
Kyutaro Nagasogabe/Eiji Nagasogabe
Akiko Shima
Midori Miyama
Ichirō Arishima
Spy Joe
Haruko Mabuchi
Nahoe Minegishi
Nobuo Chiba
Spy Zolkov
Toppa Utsumi
Newspaper Reporter
Norihei Miki
Japanese part-time student who prepares to interpret His Highness Surabaya's words
Toshiyuki Ichimura
Engineer at the Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Takeshi Sato
Writers: Ryuji Yanagisawa, Kazuo Kikuta
Languages: Japanese

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RUNTIME

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

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ERA

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71 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 5

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Hisaya Morishige and Akiko Shima and Ichirō Arishima carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt23575432 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Takeshi Sato directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
271 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Hisaya Morishige and Akiko Shima and Ichirō Arishima carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt23575432 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.