The Catch (1961)

movie

(306)

Country: Japan
Genres: Drama, War
Release: 1961-11-22
Director: Nagisa Ōshima
Writers: Toshirô Ishidô , Toshio Matsumoto , Tsutomu Tamura , Shômei Tômatsu
Language: Japanese
Stars: Rentaro Mikuni , Akiko Koyama , Yōko Mihara , Masako Nakamura , Teruko Kishi , Sadako Sawamura , Kyū Sazanka , Jun Hamamura , Rokkō Toura , Ton Shimada
Runtime: 105 min
Awards: 1 win
AKA: The Catch , A Presa (Brazil) , Shiiku , The Catch , The Catch (Germany) , L'addomesticamento (Italy) , Le piège (France, French Republic) , Schwytany (Poland) , 飼育（1961） (Japan)
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.
IMDB:tt0055441