The Precipice (1958)
Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause of the death, then discover that the cut rope was made in the factory for which Uozu’s brother works.
Director:
Yasuzō Masumura
Writer:
Kaneto Shindō
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Kenji Sugawara as |
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Fujiko Yamamoto as |
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Hitomi Nozoe as |
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Keizō Kawasaki as |
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Kyū Sazanka as |
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Ken Uehara as |
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Atsuko Kindaichi as |
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Kumeko Urabe as |
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Kōichi Itō as |
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Kanji Kawara as |
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Kenji Oyama as |
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Koh Sugita as |
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Shō Natsuki as |
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Manabu Morita as |
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Mitsuko Han'ya as |
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Sachiko Meguro as |
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Eiichi Takamura as |
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Tsutomu Nakata as |
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Kikuko Tachibana as |
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Naoyasu Itō as |
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Mitsuhiko Kurosu as |
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Kōichi Fujiyama as |
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Kisao Tobita as |
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Ken Yamaguchi as |
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Munehiko Takada as |
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Keiko Odagiri as |
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Gen Harada as |
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Jirō Tamiya as |
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Ken Wakamatsu as |
| Directing | Yasuzō Masumura | Director |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Screenplay |
| Directing | Yoshio Inoue | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Masaichi Nagata | Producer |
| Crew | Hiroshi Murai | Cinematography |
| Editing | Tatsuji Nakashizu | Editor |
| Art | Tomoo Shimogawara | Art Direction |
| Production | Osamu Yoneda | Producer |
| Writing | Yasushi Inoue | Original Story |
| Lighting | Isamu Yoneyama | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Riichi Watanabe | Sound Recordist |