70
GoodGoodWatch scoreSummary
Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated.
Good for
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
- Solo watch
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 72GoodWatch 70
IMDb7.2
Running time
1 h 41 min
A typical length for dramas, −8 min on the typical 109
typical 109101Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
1958
November 18, 1958
68 years ago
Genres
DramaComedyLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesStrong
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
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Directing · 3
- Shōhei Imamura Director, Screenplay
- Kirio Urayama Assistant Director
- Akane Shiratori Script Supervisor
Writing · 2
- Hisashi Yamanouchi Screenplay
- Shinji Fujiwara Novel
Production · 1
- Hironobu Sakurai Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Shinsaku Himeda Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Mutsuo Tanji Editor
Sound · 2
- Toshirō Mayuzumi Original Music Composer
- Norio Iwakura Sound
Art · 2
- Kano Otsuka Production Design
- Kimihiko Nakamura Art Direction
Lighting · 1
- Yasuo Iwaki Lighting Director
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