Stake Out

2001 1h 19m JA

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 2

Synopsis

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The fourth chapter in the Love Cinema series, is a story of a cloistered and obsessive character who is confining and closed. When many suicides occur in an apartment building the police are by to question a female resident.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Shiho Wakabayashi
Sumire Ichinomiya
Mantaro Koichi
Tasuku Yoshioka
Masato Sakai
Yasuo Arakawa
Yuriko Sakaki
Tsukasa Kimura
Maki Izawa
Shunsuke Itou
Kiyotaka Ueno

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tetsuo Shinohara
Writers: Karinpen, Keisuke Toyoshima
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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Fun facts 🍿

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RUNTIME

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Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Part of the "Love Cinema" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tetsuo Shinohara, shot by Shogo Ueno. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Shiho Wakabayashi and Mantaro Koichi and Masato Sakai carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0270987 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tetsuo Shinohara directs. Shogo Ueno behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
225 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Love Cinema" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Tetsuo Shinohara, shot by Shogo Ueno. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Shiho Wakabayashi and Mantaro Koichi and Masato Sakai carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0270987 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Shogo Ueno
Runtime: 79 min · 1h 19m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Stake Out (2001)

Part of

Love Cinema

Love Cinema (ラブシネマ) is a series of Japanese films by CineRocket, it consists of six straight-to-video releases by independent filmmakers via a brief but exclusive run at the minuscule Shimokitazawa cinema in Tokyo. The six films were conceived as low budget exercises to explore the benefits afforded by the low-cost Digital Video medium such as the increased mobility of film and the low-lighting conditions available to the filmmakers. All six volumes are produced by Reiko Arakawa and Susumu Nakajima with Akira Saitō and Hisanori Endō serving as executive producers on all six volumes.