

The Catch
1961
1h 45m
6.3
JP
War
Drama
Overview
Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their “catch.”
Movie Details
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Palace Film Production
Key Crew

Nagisa Ōshima
Director

Tsutomu Tamura
Screenplay

Toshio Matsumoto
Screenplay

Toshirō Ishidō
Screenplay
Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
Kazumasa Takano

Akiko Koyama
Hiroko Ishii

Yōko Mihara
Sachiko Tsukada

Masako Nakamura
Hisako

Teruko Kishi
Masu

Sadako Sawamura
Katsu

Kyū Sazanka

Jun Hamamura

Rokkō Toura
T
Ton Shimada

Yoshi Katō
N
Norikazu Takeda
H
Hisashi Imabashi
S
Shirō Aikawa

Toshirō Ishidō
Jiro, Yoichi's son
N
Nobuko Maki
E
Eiko Ōshima

Hōsei Komatsu
H
Hisao Irizumi
S
Shigeyuki Makie