Yuhi ni akai ore no kao
My Face is Red in the Sun
(c)1961 Shochiku Co., Ltd.
(c)1961 Shochiku Co., Ltd.
- Release Date
- February, 19th, 1961
- Running Time
- 82 min
- Genre
- Feature
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- -
- Screen Size
- Cinema Scope (1:2.35)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- KAWAZU Yusuke ── ISHIDA Haruhiko
- IWASHITA Shima ── ARISAKA Mana
- HONO Kayoko ── Nagisa
[ Staff ]
- TERAYAMA Shuji ── Script
- KOSUGI Masao ── Cinematography
- SUGIHARA Yoshi ── Editor
- YAMAMOTO Naozumi ── Music
- UMEDA Chiyoo ── Art Direction
[ Production Company ]
Shochiku (Ofuna)
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
SHOCHIKU
[ Story ]
A gang of eight competitive hired killers is thrown for a loop by the appearance of a young marksman who outclasses them all. Responding to a sudden request from Shochiku, Shinoda co-wrote the script – a parody of Nikkatsu's popular gun-blazing action films – in less than a week together with playwright TERAYAMA Shuji, who would later also go on to direct experimental films. The resulting film is a vibrant comedy bursting with colorful fashion and populated by a motley crew of idiosyncratic assassins. Shinoda himself described the work as "a forerunner of Japanese film pop art."
Taken from text originally written for National Film Archive of Japan screening program
Rearranged by TAMADA Kenta
Translated by Adam Sutherland
[ Contact (International) ]
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