The Catch

6.5 1961 105 min
War Drama

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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Director
Nagisa Ōshima
Writers
Tsutomu Tamura, Toshio Matsumoto, Toshirō Ishidō, Shōmei Tōmatsu

Cast

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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
Ton Shimada
Yoshi Katō
Norikazu Takeda
Hisashi Imahashi
Shirō Aikawa
Toshirō Ishidō Jiro, Yoichi's son
Nobuko Maki
Eiko Oshima

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