Release Date

November, 22nd, 1955

Running Time

104 min

Genre

Feature

Color

Monochrome

Screening Format

-

Screen Size

Standard (1:1.37)

Sound Processing

-

[ Directed by ]

• KUROSAWA Akira

[ Produced by ]

• MOTOKI Sojiro

[ Cast ]

• MIFUNE Toshiro ── NAKAJIMA Kiichi
• MIYOSHI Eiko ── Toyo
• SHIMURA Takashi ── HARADA

[ Staff ]

• KUROSAWA Akira ── Screenplay
• HASHIMOTO Shinobu ── Screenplay
• OGUNI Hideo ── Screenplay
• NAKAI Asakazu ── Photography
• HAYASAKA Fumio ── Music
• MURAKI Yoshiro ── Art Direction

[ Production Company ]

TOHO

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

TOHO

[ Story ]

Convinced that a nuclear war is imminent, an elderly man decides to uproot his entire family and emigrate to Brazil. When they object to his plan, it sends him spiraling deeper and deeper into obsession. Kurosawa reportedly got the idea for the story from a conversation with composer HAYASAKA Fumio, a close collaborator since Drunken Angel (Yoidore tenshi, 1948), in which Hayasaka had voiced his fears regarding nuclear experiments. Hayasaka's sudden death during production on the film had a profound effect on the director. The film marks the first time Kurosawa employed a multi-camera approach to the entire shooting process, laying the foundations for what would later come to be his trademark style.

Written by FUJIWARA Masao
Reference: National Film Archive of Japan screening program
Translated by Adam Sutherland

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