HAKUCHU NO TORIMA (1966)

Film details

Featuring

Saeda Kawaguchi Akiko Koyama Kei Sato
Director

Nagisa Oshima
Country

Japan
Year

1966
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

DAYTIME ASSAILANT Alternative
VIOLENCE AT NOON Alternative
VIOLENCE AT HIGH NOON Alternative

Synopsis

Drama about sexual aberrations on a country farm. Eisuke is a serial rapist who graduates from violating unconsciou women to murder. When the police question Shino, a maid whose employer fell victim to Eisuke, with whom she once had an affair, about the killings, she appeals to Matsuko, Eisuke's husband and her former teacher, for advice.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Shino Shinozaki, a peasant turned maid
    
    Saeda Kawaguchi
  - Matsuko Kura, Eisuke's wife, a teacher
    
    Akiko Koyama
  - Eisuke Oyamada
    
    Kei Sato
  - Genji Hyuga
    
    Toura, Mutsuhiro
  - Inspector Haraguchi
    
    Fumio Watanabe
  - school principal
    
    Taiji Tonoyama
  - Shino's father
    
    Hôsei Komatsu
  - raped woman
    
    Ryôko Takahara
  - Inagaki, raped woman's husband
    
    Hideo Kanze
  - Shino's grandmother
    
    Teruko Kishi
  - Matsuko's mother
    
    Hideko Kawaguchi
  - village superintendent
    
    Sen Yano
  - Jinbo, teacher
    
    Narumi Kayashima
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Nagisa Oshima
  - Assistant Director
    
    Mamoru Sasaki
  Production:
  - ©
    
    Shochiku Co. Ltd.
  - Production Company
    
    Sozo-sha
  - Presents
    
    Shochiku Co. Ltd.
  - Producer
    
    Masayuki Nakajima
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Tamura, Takeshi
  - Based on 'Ningen ni kakeru na' by
    
    Tajiun Takeda
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Akira Takada
  - Lighting
    
    Rei Miura
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Keiichi Uraoka
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Toda, Shigemasa
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Hikaru Hayashi
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Hideo Nishizaki