The Fox Dancing in the Dusk (1984)
A heartfelt period drama that delicately portrays the joys and sorrows of a thief and the people living on the margins of society. Ihei, played by Tatsuya Nakadai, works as a painter by day. In reality, however, he is a skilled thief. To target the home of a moneylender’s mistress, he recruits a group of amateurs to join him. Men in need of large sums of money for various reasons begin to gather around Ihei, but…
Director:
Akira Inoue
Writer:
Yasuko Miyazaki
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Tatsuya Nakadai as |
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Koji Yakusho as |
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Eijirō Tōno as |
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Ai Kanzaki as |
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Taiji Tonoyama as |
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Akemi Nakamura as |
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Junkichi Orimoto as |
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Jiro Kawarazaki as |
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Yoko Hara as |
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Miyoko Nakamura as |
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Isao Washû as |
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Kenichi Matsuno as |
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Shinji Ogawa as |
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Toru Masuoka as |
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Hiromi Hoshino as |
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Kumiko Komiya as |
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Tatsuhiko Tomoi as |
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Kaitaro Nozaki as |
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Mitsuru Momoyama as |
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Ichirō Yamamoto as |
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Yukio Horikita as |
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Taizen Shishido as |
| Writing | Yasuko Miyazaki | Screenplay |
| Directing | Akira Inoue | Director |
| Writing | Shuhei Fujisawa | Novel |
| Directing | Shinji Harada | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Tomoyuki Asakawa | Music |
| Crew | Eiichi Kusumoto | Fight Choreographer |
| Camera | Mitsugu Watanabe | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Genken Nakaoka | Lighting Manager |
| Editing | Hiroshi Yamada | Editor |
| Art | Seiichi Ōta | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kunio Yamasaki | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Takatsu Shokai | Props |
| Sound | Tsuchitarō Hayashi | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Mototsugu Hayashi | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Nobu Kurashima | Sound Effects |