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The Catch
The Catch

The Catch

Genres

WarDrama

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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'.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

6.308/10

Release Date

22 November 1961

Country

Japan

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Kazumasa Takano

Akiko Koyama

Akiko Koyama

Hiroko Ishii

Yōko Mihara

Yōko Mihara

Sachiko Tsukada

Masako Nakamura

Masako Nakamura

Hisako

Teruko Kishi

Teruko Kishi

Masu

Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Katsu

Kyū Sazanka

Kyū Sazanka

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Ton Shimada

Ton Shimada

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Norikazu Takeda

Norikazu Takeda

Hisashi Imabashi

Hisashi Imabashi

Shirō Aikawa

Shirō Aikawa

Toshirō Ishidō

Toshirō Ishidō

Jiro, Yoichi's son

Nobuko Maki

Nobuko Maki

Eiko Oshima

Eiko Oshima

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Hisao Irizumi

Hisao Irizumi

Shigeyuki Makie

Shigeyuki Makie

Masaomi Kyōsu

Masaomi Kyōsu

Kyōko Uehara

Kyōko Uehara

Itsuko Uehara

Itsuko Uehara

Shōji Kurosawa

Shōji Kurosawa

Hiroshi Tanino

Hiroshi Tanino

Tsuyoshi Yamada

Tsuyoshi Yamada

Haruo Suzuki

Haruo Suzuki

Hideo Suzuki

Hideo Suzuki

Asaji Nakajima

Asaji Nakajima

Shin Katsuragi

Shin Katsuragi

Akira Mochizuki

Akira Mochizuki

Hugh Hurd

Hugh Hurd

Black Soldier

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