Location

1984 1h 39m JA

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8.5

MASTERPIECE

★8.5TMDB · 2

Comedy

Synopsis

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The melodramatic story of a pink crew’s tragi-comedic adventures on location. A fictionalized adaptation of set photographer Ichiro Tsuda's 1980 book The Location (Za Rokēshon), an illustrated 229-page document about the cameraman’s experiences with pink cast and crew on the sets of several films produced in the late 1970's.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Toshiyuki Nishida
Michiyo Yasuda
Natsuko / Teruko
Jun Miho
Emiko
Akira Emoto
Konno
Naoto Takenaka
B-saku Satoh
Yuko Kazu
Takeshi Katō
Hara

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Azuma Morisaki
Writers: Ichiro Tsuda, Azuma Morisaki, Shoji Kondo
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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42 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Mitsuo Kondō shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Toshiyuki Nishida and Michiyo Yasuda and Jun Miho carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0328068 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Azuma Morisaki directs. Mitsuo Kondō cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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142 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Editor Mitsuo Kondō shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
3Toshiyuki Nishida and Michiyo Yasuda and Jun Miho carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt0328068 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.