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The Catch

The Catch

★ 6.5/10•1961•1h 45m•NR•War•Drama

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'.

Nagisa Ōshima · Director

Tsutomu Tamura · Screenplay

Toshio Matsumoto · Screenplay

Shōmei Tōmatsu · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 45m
LanguageJA
Release DateNov 22, 1961

Actors

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Kazumasa Takano

Akiko Koyama

Akiko Koyama

Hiroko Ishii

Yōko Mihara

Yōko Mihara

Sachiko Tsukada

Hugh Hurd

Hugh Hurd

Black Soldier

Masako Nakamura

Masako Nakamura

Hisako

Teruko Kishi

Teruko Kishi

Masu

Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Katsu

Kyū Sazanka

Kyū Sazanka

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Ton Shimada

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Norikazu Takeda

Hisashi Imahashi

Shirō Aikawa

Toshirō Ishidō

Toshirō Ishidō

Jiro, Yoichi's son

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