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RUNTIME
Did you know
86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Cast
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Takako Irie
Yumiko Hasegawa
Kazuo Hasegawa
Mitsusaburō Ramon
Kōtarō Bandō
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Sōji Kiyokawa
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Kazuo Mori
- Writers
- Eiji Yoshikawa, Kaneto Shindō
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Kazuo Mori directs. Yukimasa Makita behind the camera. Akira Ifukube scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 275 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Directed by Kazuo Mori, shot by Yukimasa Makita. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Akira Ifukube. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Denjirō Ōkōchi and Takako Irie and Yumiko Hasegawa carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0043300 — 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
- Yukimasa Makita
- Original score
- Akira Ifukube
- Runtime
- 86 min · 1h 26m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Kazuo Mori
Production companies
Who made it
Daiei Film
JP
Key crew
- Original StoryEiji Yoshikawa
- Sound RecordistIwao Ōtani
- Art DirectionYoshizo Uesato
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1951-02-15
Also known as
International titles
- Ashura hanganJP
