The Catch (1961)
Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their 'catch'.
Director:
Nagisa Ōshima
Writers:
Tsutomu Tamura, Toshio Matsumoto, Shōmei Tōmatsu, Toshirō Ishidō.
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Rentaro Mikuni as Kazumasa Takano |
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Akiko Koyama as Hiroko Ishii |
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Yōko Mihara as Sachiko Tsukada |
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Hugh Hurd as Black Soldier |
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Masako Nakamura as Hisako |
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Teruko Kishi as Masu |
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Sadako Sawamura as Katsu |
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Kyū Sazanka as |
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Rokkō Toura as |
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Jun Hamamura as |
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Ton Shimada as |
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Yoshi Katō as |
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Norikazu Takeda as |
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Hisashi Imahashi as |
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Shirō Aikawa as |
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Toshirō Ishidō as Jiro, Yoichi's son |
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Nobuko Maki as |
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Eiko Oshima as |
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Hōsei Komatsu as |
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Hisao Irizumi as |
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Shigeyuki Makie as |
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Masaomi Kyōsu as |
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Kyōko Uehara as |
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Itsuko Uehara as |
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Shōji Kurosawa as |
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Hiroshi Tanino as |
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Tsuyoshi Yamada as |
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Haruo Suzuki as |
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Hideo Suzuki as |
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Asaji Nakajima as |
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Shin Katsuragi as |
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Akira Mochizuki as |
| Directing | Nagisa Ōshima | Director |
| Lighting | Yokichi Hishinuma | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Itsuro Hirata | Art Direction |
| Writing | Tsutomu Tamura | Screenplay |
| Crew | Michio Okazaki | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Yoshitsugu Tonegawa | Director of Photography |
| Production | Saburo Tajima | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Miyuri Miyamori | Editor |
| Sound | Riichirō Manabe | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Hiromi Yanagida | Assistant Director |
| Production | Masayuki Nakajima | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Toshio Matsumoto | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shōmei Tōmatsu | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kenzaburô Oe | Novel |
| Writing | Toshirō Ishidō | Screenplay |