The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant (1947)
The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men ate an elephant that died in a zoo. The elephant's corpse however, was infested with deadly bacteria and the men have only 30 hours left to live...
Director:
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Writers:
Ryōsuke Saitō, Tadao Ikeda, Kōzaburō Yoshimura.
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Chishū Ryū as |
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Shinichi Himori as |
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Yasumi Hara as |
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Tōru Abe as |
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Takashi Kanda as |
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Chieko Murata as |
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Dekao Yokoo as |
| Directing | Kōzaburō Yoshimura | Director |
| Writing | Ryōsuke Saitō | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tadao Ikeda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kōzaburō Yoshimura | Screenplay |
| Crew | Toshio Ubukata | Cinematography |
| Sound | Saburo Omura | Sound |
| Lighting | Itsuo Takashita | Lighting Director |
| Art | Motoji Kojima | Production Design |
| Sound | Tadashi Manjome | Music |
| Sound | Takio Niki | Music |