The Catch

The Catch

1961•1h 45m•6.3/10

WarDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(13)

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'.

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Production

Palace Film Production

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Kazumasa Takano

Akiko Koyama

Akiko Koyama

Hiroko Ishii

Yōko Mihara

Yōko Mihara

Sachiko Tsukada

Hugh Hurd

Hugh Hurd

Black Soldier

Masako Nakamura

Masako Nakamura

Hisako

Teruko Kishi

Teruko Kishi

Masu

Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Katsu

Kyū Sazanka

Kyū Sazanka

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Ton Shimada

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Norikazu Takeda

Hisashi Imahashi

Shirō Aikawa

Toshirō Ishidō

Toshirō Ishidō

Jiro, Yoichi's son

Nobuko Maki

Eiko Oshima

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Hisao Irizumi

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