The Pit of Death
The Pit of Death

Movie·1968·1h 18m

The Pit of Death

Directed By

Kōji Shima

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 怪談おとし穴

Kuramoto, who works for a large trading company, is a skilled employee who is well-liked by the company president. He is engaged to an employee named Nishino Etsuko, but he used her for his own career advancement and kills her so that he can marry the company president's daughter. When Kuramoto returns from his honeymoon with his new wife, Etsuko's brother shows up in search of the whereabouts of his missing sister.

Written By

Kazuo Funahashi

Cinematography

Jōji Ohara

Themes

supernaturaltokyo, japanmurder plothauntedoffice buildingsocial climberoffice workersalaryman

Production House

Daiei Film

Audience Score

90%

1 votes

Skip3%
Timepass7%
Go for it28%
Perfection62%

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Cast

Mikio Narita

Mikio Narita

Haruo Kuramoto

Mako Sanjō

Mako Sanjō

Midori Yukawa

Mayumi Nagisa

Mayumi Nagisa

Etsuko Nishino

Eiji Funakoshi

Eiji Funakoshi

Fumio Nishino

Yūzō Hayakawa

Yūzō Hayakawa

Sakabe

Mariko Fukuhara

Hanako

Yukiko Tsuyama

Namiko

Mari Atsumi

Mari Atsumi

Receptionist

Mitsuko Tanaka

Natsuko Fukuhara

Akihiko Katayama

Akihiko Katayama

Yasuhara

Shō Natsuki

Shō Natsuki

Bontarō Miake

Bontarō Miake

President Yukawa

Chikara Hashimoto

Udagawa

Kenichi Tani

Section chief Satomi

Kenji Oyama

Kenji Oyama

Senior Managing Director

Teppei Endō

Department Head

Nobuo Minamitaka

Executive Managing Director

Isamu Saeki

Fujioka

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Crew

Kōji Shima

Kōji Shima

Director

Kazuo Funahashi

Screenplay

Jōji Ohara

Jōji Ohara

Director of Photography

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