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The Catch(1961)

November 22, 19611h 45m

65%User score 65 percent

User Score

13 votes

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
Kazumasa Takano
Akiko Koyama
Hiroko Ishii
Yōko Mihara
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Facts

Status: Released
Original title: 飼育
Original language: Japanese
Production: Palace Film Production

Keywords

prisoner of war
japanese new wave

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