71
GoodGoodWatch scoreSummary
A love triangle develops between a benevolent student, his innocent girlfriend, and a cruel petty criminal, all as a point of diagnosis of a social disease that had Japan slowly succumbing to lawlessness during the post-War era.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 72GoodWatch 71
IMDb7.2
Running time
1 h 54 min
A typical length for crime movies, +8 min on the typical 106
typical 106114Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
1957
October 23, 1957
69 years ago
Genres
CrimeDramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesIntense
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 38
Ineko ArimaShizuko
Fumio WatanabeNishida
Tatsuya NakadaiJoe
Tomo'o NagaiOkada
Keiko AwajiYasuko, Okada's wife
Asao SanoSakazaki
Seiji MiyaguchiKin
Isuzu YamadaMikiko, landlady- SMSue MitobeMihide
Eijirō TōnoKurihara
Toyo TakahashiKurihara's wife
Nakajirō TomitaYamaguchi- CKChisato KasugaAyako
Kin SugaiMother- KŌKanji ŌsugiYasui
Natsuko KaharaYasui's wife
Yōko KatsuragiSachiko, Joe's girlfriend
Masao ShimizuKuroki- SOShojiro OgasawaraHusband
Eiko MiyoshiProcuress- YNYasushi NagataDoctor
Zeko NakamuraOld Man
Masao OdaChief- TTTamotsu TamuraJoe's henchman
Directing · 2
- Masaki Kobayashi Director
- Yûgorô Imai Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Zenzō Matsuyama Writer
- Takeo Tomishima Story
Production · 2
- Ryōtarō Kuwata Producer
- Ikuo Kogiso Production Supervisor
Camera · 1
- Yûharu Atsuta Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Yoshiyasu Hamamura Editor
Sound · 4
- Chūji Kinoshita Original Music Composer
- Hideo Nishizaki Sound
- Shinichi Kishimoto Sound
- Mitsuru Kaneko Sound mixer
Art · 4
- Ninjin Kurabu Production Design
- Michisaburô Yasuda Set Decoration
- Kintarô Yamamoto Set Designer
- Kazue Hirataka Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Yûji Nagashima Costume Design
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