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The Catch

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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'.

Directed byNagisa Ōshima

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 45m
Language
JA
Released
November 22, 1961
Studios
Palace Film Production

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Nagisa Ōshima
Nagisa Ōshima
Written by
Tsutomu Tamura
Tsutomu Tamura
Toshio Matsumoto
Toshio Matsumoto

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