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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Ken Utsui
Terumi Hoshi
Yōko Mihara
Bunta Sugawara
Kyoji Murayama
Satoshi Komori
Yuji Munakata
Jun Ōtomo
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Teruo Ishii
- Writers
- Teruo Ishii
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Teruo Ishii directs. Jugyo Yoshida behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 267 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Teruo Ishii, shot by Jugyo Yoshida. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Ken Utsui and Terumi Hoshi and Yōko Mihara carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0142664 — 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
- Jugyo Yoshida
- Runtime
- 75 min · 1h 15m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Teruo Ishii
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Shintoho Company
JP
Key crew
- Executive ProducerMitsugi Okura
- Sound RecordistYûji Dôgen
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1959-04-29
