Watch The Catch (1961) Official Trailer
6.5 / 10 IMDb November 22, 1961 1h 45m
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'.
Director
Runtime
1h 45m
Release Date
November 22, 1961
Genre
War, Drama
Status
Released
Languages
Japanese
Country
Japan
Writers
Producers
Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
as Kazumasa Takano
Akiko Koyama
as Hiroko Ishii
Yōko Mihara
as Sachiko Tsukada
Hugh Hurd
as Black Soldier
Masako Nakamura
as Hisako
Teruko Kishi
as Masu
Sadako Sawamura
as Katsu
Kyū Sazanka
Rokkō Toura
Jun Hamamura
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Ton Shimada
Yoshi Katō
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Norikazu Takeda
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Hisashi Imahashi
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Shirō Aikawa
Toshirō Ishidō
as Jiro, Yoichi's son
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Nobuko Maki
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Eiko Oshima
Hōsei Komatsu
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Hisao Irizumi
Production Companies
Palace Film Production
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