Nov 22, 1961
105 min
Full-HD

The Catch (1961)

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'.

Category

War Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Palace Film Production

Rentaro Mikuni

Kazumasa Takano

Akiko Koyama

Hiroko Ishii

Yōko Mihara

Sachiko Tsukada

Hugh Hurd

Black Soldier

Masako Nakamura

Hisako

Teruko Kishi

Masu

Sadako Sawamura

Katsu

Kyū Sazanka

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