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65 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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Cast
Kōjirō Hongō
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Jun Fujimaki
Keizō Kawasaki
Shirō Ōtsuji
So Yamamura
Shirō Ōsaka
Teru Tomoda
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Umetsugu Inoue
- Writers
- Kazuo Funahashi, Seiji Hoshikawa
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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The take
Umetsugu Inoue directs. Yoshihisa Nakagawa behind the camera. Hajime Kaburagi scores. Toyo Suzuki cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 165 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Directed by Umetsugu Inoue, shot by Yoshihisa Nakagawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Original score by Hajime Kaburagi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Toyo Suzuki shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Kōjirō Hongō and Hiroshi Kawaguchi and Jun Fujimaki carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0315907 — 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
- Yoshihisa Nakagawa
- Original score
- Hajime Kaburagi
- Editing
- Toyo Suzuki
- Runtime
- 119 min · 1h 59m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Umetsugu Inoue
Production companies
Who made it
Daiei Film
JP
Key crew
- Lighting TechnicianNagaharu Watanabe
- Art DirectionKoichi Takahashi
- Sound RecordistKimio Tobita
- ProducerMasaichi Nagata
- EditorToyo Suzuki
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1961-04-26
Also known as
International titles
- Gonin no totsugeki taiJP
- Uno straccio di gloriaIT
- Die Brücke nach ImphaiDE
