The Catch

Original title: 飼育

Duration: 105 min

Release date: 1961-11-22

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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'.

War Drama

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as Kazumasa Takano

as Hiroko Ishii

as Sachiko Tsukada

Masako Nakamura

Masako Nakamura

Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Norikazu Takeda

Norikazu Takeda

Hisashi Imahashi

Hisashi Imahashi

Toshirō Ishidō

as Jiro, Yoichi's son

Shigeyuki Makie

Shigeyuki Makie

Shōji Kurosawa

Tsuyoshi Yamada

Tsuyoshi Yamada

Akira Mochizuki

Akira Mochizuki

as Black Soldier

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Riichirō Manabe

Riichirō Manabe

Original Music Composer

Sound Recordist

Hiromi Yanagida

Hiromi Yanagida

Assistant Director

Yoshitsugu Tonegawa

Yoshitsugu Tonegawa

Director of Photography

Miyuri Miyamori

Miyuri Miyamori

Yokichi Hishinuma

Yokichi Hishinuma

Lighting Technician

Executive Producer

Masayuki Nakajima

Masayuki Nakajima

Executive Producer

Toshio Matsumoto

Toshio Matsumoto

Shōmei Tōmatsu

Toshirō Ishidō

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