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RUNTIME
Did you know
90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Cast
Kazuo Hasegawa
Raizō Ichikawa
Tamao Nakamura
Yumiko Hasegawa
Kuniko Igawa
Shinobu Araki
Ryōnosuke Azuma
Toshio Chiba
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Mitsuo Hirotsu
- Writers
- Kodō Nomura, Toshio Yasumi
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Mitsuo Hirotsu directs. Yukimasa Makita behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 272 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Directed by Mitsuo Hirotsu, shot by Yukimasa Makita. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Kazuo Hasegawa and Raizō Ichikawa and Tamao Nakamura carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt10402852 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Yukimasa Makita
- Runtime
- 90 min · 1h 30m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Mitsuo Hirotsu
Production companies
Who made it
Daiei Film
JP
Key crew
- Original StoryKodō Nomura
- MusicUrato Watanabe
- Art DirectionTadao Uesato
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1954-09-29
Also known as
International titles
- Zenigata Heiji Torimono-Hikae: Yūrei DaimyōJP
- Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Ghost DaimyoJP
