The Catch (1961)
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- 1h 45min
- Drama, War
- 22 Nov 1961 (Japan)
- Movie
Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their "catch."
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Cast
| Rentarô Mikuni | ... |
Kazumasa Takano
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| Akiko Koyama | ... |
Hiroko Ishii
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| Yôko Mihara | ... |
Sachiko Tsukada
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Masako Nakamura | ... |
Kazumasa's daughter-in-law
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Teruko Kishi | ... |
Masu Tsukada
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| Sadako Sawamura | ... |
Katsu, Kazumasa's wife
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| Kyû Sazanka | ... |
Denmatsu Tsukada
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| Jun Hamamura | ... |
Farmer works for Kazumasa
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| Rokkô Toura |
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Ton Shimada |
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| Yoshi Katô | ... |
Yoichi Kokubo
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Norikazu Takeda |
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Hisashi Imabashi |
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Shirô Aikawa |
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Toshirô Ishidô | ... |
Jiro, Yoichi's son
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Nobuko Maki |
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Eiko Oshima | ... |
Mikiko
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Hisao Irizumi |
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Shigeyuki Makie |
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Masaomi Kyôsu |
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Kyôko Uehara |
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Itsuko Uehara |
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Shôji Kurosawa |
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Hiroshi Tanino |
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Tsuyoshi Yamada |
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Haruo Suzuki |
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Hideo Suzuki |
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Asaji Nakajima |
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Shin Katsuragi |
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Akira Mochizuki |
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| Hugh Hurd | ... |
Black Soldier
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Directed by
| Nagisa Ôshima | ||
Written by
| Toshirô Ishidô | ... | () |
| Toshio Matsumoto | ... | () |
| Tsutomu Tamura | ... | () |
| Shômei Tômatsu | ... | () |
| Kenzaburô Ôe | ... | (novel) (as Kenzaburô Oe) |
Produced by
| Masayuki Nakajima | ... | producer |
| Hiroshi Sano | ... | co-producer |
| Saburo Tajima | ... | producer |
Music by
| Riichirô Manabe | ||
Cinematography by
| Yoshitsugu Tonegawa | ||
Editing by
| Miyuri Miyamori | ||
Art Direction by
| Itsuro Hirata | ||
Production Management
| Hideo Kishida | ... | executive in charge of production |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Hiromi Yanagida | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Kiyoshi Awazu | ... | designer |
Sound Department
| Michio Okazaki | ... | sound recordist |
| Yôjirô Tsunoda | ... | sound effects editor |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Yokichi Hishinuma | ... | gaffer |
Additional Crew
| Kôzô Nishino | ... | choreographer |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Daiei Studios (1961) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Nippon Television Network (NTV) (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
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Storyline
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The film is a relentlessly savage fable about a Japanese mountain village whose inhabitants accidentally capture a black American airman only a few weeks before the 1945 capitulation. The 'prisoner of war' acts as a catalyst, bringing out all the repressed aggression and latent political conflicts beneath the tradition-girded surface of the community. |
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