65
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Akira, a young, jazz-obsessed drifter, returns to his squat, a ruined church, and finds Gill, a wounded African-American GI, on the run after the death of a white GI. Despite terrible misunderstandings and culture clash, Akira agrees to help Gill escape towards the sea, dodging military police along the way.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 67GoodWatch 66
IMDb6.7
Running time
1 h 35 min
Shorter than most dramas, −14 min on the typical 109
typical 10995Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
1964
April 24, 1964
62 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
and 4 more15 people
- Tamio KawachiAkira
- Chico LourantGill
- Tatsuya FujiAkira's Buddy
- Yuko ChishiroYuki
- Hideji ŌtakiOld Man at the Junk Shop
- SNShogen NittaEngineer
- Zenji YamadaOwner
- TSTōru SumikawaCop E
- GKGō KurodaCop D
- TKToshizō KudōCop A
- HAHiroshi AtamiCop B
- YYYoshihiro YamaguchiCop C
- Chigusa TakayamaGrocery store proprietress
- MMMidori MoriHitchhiking woman B
- KMKasumi MotegiHitchhiking woman
Directing · 2
- Koreyoshi Kurahara Director
- Yukihiko Kondo Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Nobuo Yamada Screenplay
- Tensei Kono Story
Camera · 1
- Mitsuji Kanau Director of Photography, Editor
Editing · 1
- Akira Suzuki Editor
Sound · 2
- Toshirō Mayuzumi Original Music Composer
- Max Roach Musician
Art · 1
- Kazuhiko Chiba Art Direction
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