Postwar Secrets

1970 1h 40m JA

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9.5

MASTERPIECE

★9.5TMDB · 2

Crime

Synopsis

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Everybody's chasing a diamond in Sadao Nakajima's crime/action/drama. It was a based on a novel by Tsusai Sugawara, who was a Japanese writer and political figure campaigning against drugs, prostitution and sexually transmitted diseases.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Bunta Sugawara
Shin'ichi Yamada
Chiezo Kataoka
Yaroku Okamura
Tetsuro Tamba
Kuroki
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Asao Koike
Nobuo Kaneko
Hōsei Komatsu
Masumi Tachibana

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sadao Nakajima
Writers: Takeo Kaneko, Sadao Nakajima
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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56 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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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 Sadao Nakajima, shot by Yoshikazu Yamasawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Bunta Sugawara and Chiezo Kataoka and Tetsuro Tamba carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0204620 — 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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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sadao Nakajima directs. Yoshikazu Yamasawa behind the camera. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

156 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Sadao Nakajima, shot by Yoshikazu Yamasawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Bunta Sugawara and Chiezo Kataoka and Tetsuro Tamba carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0204620 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.