Otoshiana (1962)

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97 min - Crime | Drama | Fantasy - 1 July 1962 (Japan)

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A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost souls.

Director:

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Writers:

Kôbô Abe (screenplay), Kôbô Abe (story)

Stars:

Hisashi Igawa, Sumie Sasaki and Sen Yano

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Cast

Cast overview:
	Hisashi Igawa	...	Miner / Otsuka
	Sumie Sasaki	...	Shopkeeper
	Sen Yano	...	Toyama
	Hideo Kanze	...	Policeman
	Kunie Tanaka	...	Man in white suit
	Kei Satô	...	Reporter
	Kazuo Miyahara	...	The miner's son
	Akemi Nara
	Tadashi Fukuro	...	Second union member
	Kikuo Kaneuchi	...	Photographer
	Kanichi Ômiya	...	Second miner
	Shigeru Matsuo	...	Farmer
	Ton Shimada	...	Dead miner
	Sanpei Asakura
	Heiguro Matsumoto

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Storyline

A documentary fantasy. Penniless miners talk in passing about labor unions. A miner and his young son go to a village in Kyushu where the miner has been told he'll find work, but it's a ghost town, save for one woman. The miner leaves and is followed by a man in a white suit and white gloves. A murder takes place: faked footprints, bribery and intrigue, investigations, a frame-up, and a ghost who wants to know why meet in a story of realism and the surreal. A child mutely witnesses all. Does the truth count for anything in this world or in the next? Can everything be manipulated? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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