Mist and Shadows (1961)
A veteran reporter and a young journalist doggedly pursue clues through sheer persistence and intuition to unravel the mystery behind the sudden death of a teacher in the remote Hokuriku region. In pursuit of the truth, they are led to a web of corporate fraud, an inbred village, bundles of toilet paper, and flatfoots with something to hide as the bodies pile up.
Director:
Teruo Ishii
Writers:
Hajime Takaiwa, Teruo Ishii.
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Tetsuro Tamba as Yusuke Komiya |
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Tatsuo Umemiya as |
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Yachiyo Ōtori as Yukiko |
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Shōji Yasui as |
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Tomo'o Nagai as |
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Eijirō Yanagi as |
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Ryuko Mizukami as |
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Nobuo Yana as |
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Yayoi Furusato as |
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Junkichi Orimoto as |
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Yoshikazu Sugi as |
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高石義郎 as |
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Tatsuya Kitayama as |
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Tadashi Suganuma as |
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Nakajirō Tomita as |
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Yuko Hinoki as |
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Machiko Yashiro as |
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丸山誠 as |
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Seiichirō Kameishi as |
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Katsujirō Naitō as |
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Tokio Kozuka as |
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Saburo Toshu as |
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Akira Takizawa as |
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Kōichi Yamada as |
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Hirotaka Ono as |
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杉山枝美子 as |
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Zeko Nakamura as Landlord |
| Editing | Hiroshi Suzuki | Editor |
| Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Hajime Takaiwa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Teruo Ishii | Screenplay |
| Directing | Teruo Ishii | Director |
| Writing | Tsutomu Mizukami | Novel |
| Art | Toshio Nakajima | Art Direction |
| Camera | Saburo Sato | Director of Photography |
| Production | Koji Kameda | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Tadayuki Komatsu | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Yoshiaki Morisawa | Lighting Technician |