The Catch
Genres
Overview
Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their “catch.”
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
105 min
Release Date
1961-11-22
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
11
Vote Average
6.3
Rentaro Mikuni
Kazumasa Takano
Akiko Koyama
Hiroko Ishii
Yōko Mihara
Sachiko Tsukada
Masako Nakamura
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Teruko Kishi
Masu
Sadako Sawamura
Katsu
Kyū Sazanka
Jun Hamamura
Rokkō Toura
Ton Shimada
Yoshi Katō
Norikazu Takeda
Hisashi Imabashi
Shirō Aikawa
Toshirō Ishidō
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Nobuko Maki
Eiko Ōshima
Hōsei Komatsu
Hisao Irizumi
Shigeyuki Makie
Masaomi Kyōsu
Kyōko Uehara
Itsuko Uehara
Shōji Kurosawa
Hiroshi Tanino
Tsuyoshi Yamada
Haruo Suzuki
Hideo Suzuki
Asaji Nakajima
Shin Katsuragi
Akira Mochizuki
Hugh Hurd
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