Shiiku

Nov 22 1961 N/A 1h 45m
Drama, War

Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their “catch.”

Plot

The film is a relentlessly savage fable about a Japanese mountain village whose inhabitants accidentally capture a black American airman only a few weeks before the 1945 capitulation. The 'prisoner of war' acts as a catalyst, bringing out all the repressed aggression and latent political conflicts beneath the tradition-girded surface of the community.

Written by

Toshirô Ishidô, Toshio Matsumoto, Tsutomu Tamura

Directed by

Nagisa Ôshima

Cast

Rentarô Mikuni, Akiko Koyama, Yôko Mihara

Crew

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Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Palace Film Production

Languages

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
338
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA