Attack on a Bakery

1982 0h 16m JA

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 8

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Synopsis

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Two young men are hungry, so they decide to rob a bakery. Adaptation of a short story by Haruki Murakami.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Bang-ho Cho
Tarō Suwa
Shigeru Muroi
Kōen Okumura
Toshihide Ikeda

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Naoto Yamakawa
Writers: Haruki Murakami, Naoto Yamakawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 16-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 7

ERA

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

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Naoto Yamakawa, shot by Yoshiharu Tezuka. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Bang-ho Cho and Tarō Suwa and Shigeru Muroi carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0358002 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Naoto Yamakawa directs. Yoshiharu Tezuka behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 16-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
244 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Naoto Yamakawa, shot by Yoshiharu Tezuka. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Bang-ho Cho and Tarō Suwa and Shigeru Muroi carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0358002 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.