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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 71-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Yūko Katagiri
Yuko Yamano(山野夕子)
Isao Morishima
Jimmy Morikawa(ジミー・森川)
Seiji Himuro
Gorô(五郎)
Akira Hisamatsu
Old Man(老人)
Masaru Kamiyama
Ôoka(大岡)
Tadayuki Kitagami
Hide(ヒデ)
Keiko Maki
Kyôko(杏子)
Kazuko Shirakawa
Harue(春江)
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Akira Kato
- Writers
- Masanori Imada
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Akira Kato directs. Teruo Hatanaka behind the camera. Tsutomu Sanada scores. Shinji Yamada cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 71-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 254 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Akira Kato, shot by Teruo Hatanaka. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Tsutomu Sanada. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Shinji Yamada shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Yūko Katagiri and Isao Morishima and Seiji Himuro carry the top of the cast.
- 8IMDB entry: tt0288027 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Teruo Hatanaka
- Original score
- Tsutomu Sanada
- Editing
- Shinji Yamada
- Runtime
- 71 min · 1h 11m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Akira Kato
Production companies
Who made it
Nikkatsu Corporation
JP
Key crew
- Executive ProducerKei Ijichi
- Lighting DirectorMoriyasu Tsuchida
- Art DirectionNatsuo Kawafune
- Sound RecordistFumio Hashimoto
- EditorShinji Yamada
- Assistant DirectorTōru Murakawa
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- pink film
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere1972-03-18
Also known as
International titles
- Gakusei-zuma: Shinobi nakiJP
- Student Wife: Weeping SilentlyUS
- 学生妻：静静地哭泣CN
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