Pitfall
Pitfall

Movie·1962·1h 37m

Pitfall

Directed By

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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// overview

The Story

Original title: おとし穴

A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost souls.

Producer

Tadashi Ôno

Cinematography

Hiroshi Segawa

Music

Yuji Takahashi

Editor

Fusako Shuzui

Themes

liesurrealminerrural areamining townghostlabor unionghost townshopkeeperjapanese new waveminers strikefather son relationship

Production House

Teshigahara Productions

Audience Score

73%

111 votes

Skip8%
Timepass20%
Go for it38%
Perfection34%

Where to watch

Region: US

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// cast

Cast

Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

Otsuka

Sumie Sasaki

Sumie Sasaki

Shopkeeper

Sen Yano

Sen Yano

Toyama

Hideo Kanze

Hideo Kanze

Policeman

Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Man in White Suit

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Reporter

Kazuo Miyahara

Miner's Son

Akemi Nara

Wife

Tadashi Fukuro

Second Union Member

Kikuo Kaneuchi

Photographer

Kanichi Ômiya

Second Miner

Shigeru Matsuo

Farmer

Ton Shimada

Dead Miner

Sanpei Asakura

Heiguro Matsumoto

Labor Boarding House Owner

// crew

Crew

Yuji Takahashi

Original Music Composer

Fusako Shuzui

Editor

Toshi Ichiyanagi

Toshi Ichiyanagi

Original Music Composer

Tadashi Ôno

Producer

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Director

Kōbō Abe

Kōbō Abe

Story, Screenplay

Toru Takemitsu

Toru Takemitsu

Original Music Composer

Hiroshi Segawa

Director of Photography

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