The Catch

Name: The Catch
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 1961
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6.5

1961 · 105 min

War · Drama

★ 6.5

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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'.

Crew

Director Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay Tsutomu Tamura
Screenplay Toshio Matsumoto
Screenplay Shōmei Tōmatsu
Screenplay Toshirō Ishidō
Director of Photography Yoshitsugu Tonegawa

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
Kazumasa Takano
Akiko Koyama
Hiroko Ishii
Yōko Mihara
Sachiko Tsukada
Hugh Hurd
Black Soldier
Masako Nakamura
Hisako
Teruko Kishi
Masu
Sadako Sawamura
Katsu
Kyū Sazanka
Rokkō Toura
Jun Hamamura
T
Ton Shimada
Yoshi Katō

Crew

Director — Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay — Tsutomu Tamura
Screenplay — Toshio Matsumoto
Screenplay — Shōmei Tōmatsu
Screenplay — Toshirō Ishidō
Director of Photography — Yoshitsugu Tonegawa

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