Eien no 1/2

1987 1h 41m JA

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 2

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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An unemployed young man who has just broken up with his girlfriend meets a woman at a bicycle race. They start dating but then strange things then begin to happen to him, including a beating from the local yakuza. - Wikipedia

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Saburo Tokito
Shinobu Otake
Tomoko Nakajima
Fukuko Sayo
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Takuzō Kawatani
Masahiko Tsugawa
Satomi Kobayashi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kichitaro Negishi
Writers: Eiichi Uchida
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kichitaro Negishi, shot by Koichi Kawakami. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Souichi Noriki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

CAST

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Saburo Tokito and Shinobu Otake and Tomoko Nakajima carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0216732 — 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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The take

Kichitaro Negishi directs. Koichi Kawakami behind the camera. Souichi Noriki scores. Akira Suzuki cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

139 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Kichitaro Negishi, shot by Koichi Kawakami. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Souichi Noriki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Akira Suzuki shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Saburo Tokito and Shinobu Otake and Tomoko Nakajima carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0216732 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.