The Catch
1961
105
minutes
Drama, War
★★★★★
★★★★★
3.3
Directed By:
Nagisa Ōshima
Starring:
Rentaro Mikuni, Akiko Koyama, Yōko Mihara, Masako Nakamura, Teruko Kishi, Sadako Sawamura, Hugh Hurd
Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their “catch.”
Language
Japanese
Release Date
November 22, 1961
Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
Kazumasa Takano
Akiko Koyama
Hiroko Ishii
Yōko Mihara
Sachiko Tsukada
Masako Nakamura
Hisako
Teruko Kishi
Masu
Sadako Sawamura
Katsu
Kyū Sazanka
Jun Hamamura
Rokkō Toura
Ton Shimada
Yoshi Katō
Hugh Hurd
Black Soldier
Toshirō Ishidō
Jiro, Yoichi's son
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Directing
Writing
Toshirō Ishidō
Screenplay
Tsutomu Tamura
Screenplay
Toshio Matsumoto
Screenplay
Kenzaburô Oe
Novel
Shômei Tômatsu
Screenplay
Production
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Lighting
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