The Catch

The Catch

105 mins | Drama, War | Nov. 22, 1961

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.”

The Catch

105 mins | Drama, War | Nov. 22, 1961

The Catch
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.”
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Palace Film Production
Original title 飼育
Directors Hiromi Yanagida, Nagisa Ōshima
Writers Shômei Tômatsu, Kenzaburô Oe, Toshirô Ishidô, Tsutomu Tamura, Toshio Matsumoto

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

as Kazumasa Takano

Akiko Koyama

as Hiroko Ishii

Yōko Mihara

as Sachiko Tsukada

Masako Nakamura

as Hisako

Teruko Kishi

as Masu

Sadako Sawamura

as Katsu

Hugh Hurd

as Black Soldier

Toshirô Ishidô

as Jiro, Yoichi's son