Sanctuary in the Night

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Keiichi Ozawa directs. Shinya Inoue cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 73-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 253 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Editor Shinya Inoue shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Hitomi Kozue and Ayako Ichikawa and Hyōe Enoki carry the top of the cast.
• 6IMDB entry: tt0287807 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing

Shinya Inoue

Runtime

73 min · 1h 13m

Status

Released

Original language

JA

IMDB

Sanctuary in the Night (1973) ↗

Also by

Keiichi Ozawa

• 
  Profile of a Boss' Son

  1970 · ★ 10.0
• 
  Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies

  1970 · ★ 9.0
• 
  Kanto Drifter

  1971 · ★ 9.0
• 
  Pay Off Your Debt!

  1970 · ★ 9.0
• 
  Love Affair in Purgatory

  1973 · ★ 8.5
• 
  Haunted Samurai

  1970 · ★ 8.2

Production companies

Who made it

• 

  Nikkatsu Corporation

  JP

Key crew

• EditorShinya Inoue

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• pink film

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical1973-07-25

Also known as

International titles

• Sanctuary in the NightUS
• Yoru no kinryo-kuJP