The Catch

Name: The Catch
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 1961-11-22
Duration: 105 min

1h 45m·War, Drama

Directed by Nagisa Ōshima·1961

Rate

6.5/10 avg

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'.

DirectorNagisa ŌshimaCinematographyYoshitsugu TonegawaScreenplayTsutomu TamuraStudioPalace Film Production

Actor	Role
Rentaro MikuniKazumasa Takano	Kazumasa Takano
Akiko KoyamaHiroko Ishii	Hiroko Ishii
Yōko MiharaSachiko Tsukada	Sachiko Tsukada
Hugh HurdBlack Soldier	Black Soldier
Masako NakamuraHisako	Hisako
Teruko KishiMasu	Masu
Sadako SawamuraKatsu	Katsu
Kyū SazankaNot listed	Not listed
Rokkō TouraNot listed	Not listed
Jun HamamuraNot listed	Not listed
TTon ShimadaNot listed	Not listed
Yoshi KatōNot listed	Not listed
NNorikazu TakedaNot listed	Not listed
HHisashi ImahashiNot listed	Not listed
SShirō AikawaNot listed	Not listed
Toshirō IshidōJiro, Yoichi's son	Jiro, Yoichi's son
NNobuko MakiNot listed	Not listed
EEiko OshimaNot listed	Not listed
Hōsei KomatsuNot listed	Not listed
HHisao IrizumiNot listed	Not listed
SShigeyuki MakieNot listed	Not listed
MMasaomi KyōsuNot listed	Not listed
KKyōko UeharaNot listed	Not listed
IItsuko UeharaNot listed	Not listed
SShōji KurosawaNot listed	Not listed
HHiroshi TaninoNot listed	Not listed
TTsuyoshi YamadaNot listed	Not listed
Haruo SuzukiNot listed	Not listed
HHideo SuzukiNot listed	Not listed
AAsaji NakajimaNot listed	Not listed