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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Lady From Hell
1949 1h 12m JA
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9.0
MASTERPIECE
★9.0TMDB · 1
Drama
Synopsis
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Three and a half years after Japan was bombed, the tax authorities organized the T-Men. Nango is in love with a girl called Mibu, and the two are against the T-Men organization. Mibu whats to kill all of the T-Men one-by-one.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Eitarō Ozawa
Ichirō Ryūzaki
Michiyo Kogure
Akitake Kōno
Takashi Shimura
Minoru Takada
Shin Tokudaiji
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Motoyoshi Oda
- Writers
- Akira Kurosawa, Motosada Nishikame
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Motoyoshi Oda directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 277 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Eitarō Ozawa and Ichirō Ryūzaki and Michiyo Kogure carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0141437 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 72 min · 1h 12m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Motoyoshi Oda
Production companies
Who made it
TOHO
JP
Key crew
- ProducerTomoyuki Tanaka
- ProducerKeiji Matsuzaki
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1949-03-15
Also known as
International titles
- Jigoku no kifujinJP
