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RUNTIME
Did you know
83 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Cast
Raizō Ichikawa
Eijirō Tōno
Shiho Fujimura
Jun Fujimaki
Sumiko Sakamoto
Naoko Kubo
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Kazuo Ikehiro
- Writers
- Kinya Naoi
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Kazuo Ikehiro directs. Senkichirō Takeda behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 183 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 259 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro, shot by Senkichirō Takeda. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Raizō Ichikawa and Eijirō Tōno and Shiho Fujimura carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0361108 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Senkichirō Takeda
- Runtime
- 83 min · 1h 23m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Kazuo Ikehiro
Production companies
Who made it
Daiei Film
JP
Key crew
- MusicTakeo Watanabe
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1967-12-30
Also known as
International titles
- Waka oyabun senryû-hadaJP
