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Thick-walled room = Kabe atsuki heya
Title
Thick-walled room = Kabe atsuki heya / Shōchiku eiga ; Shin-ei purodakushon ; seisaku, Ogura Takeshi ; kyakuhon, Abe Kōbō ; kantoku, Kobayashi Masaki.
壁あつき部屋 / 松竹映画 ; 新映プロダクション ; 製作, 小倉武志 ; 脚本, 安部公房 ; 監督, 小林正樹.
ISBN
9781604656947
1604656948
9781604656930
160465693X
Published
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Based on the writings of "B and C-class war criminals."
Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
Director of photography, Kusuda Hiroshi ; editor, Ozawa Shizuo ; music, Kinoshita Chūji.
Director of photography, 楠田浩之 ; editor, 大沢靜 ; music, 木下忠司.
Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Summary
Among the first Japanese films to deal directly with the scars of World War II, this drama about a group of rank-and file Japanese soldiers jailed for crimes against humanity was adapted by Abe Kōbō from the diaries of real prisoners.
Variant and related titles
Kabe atsuki heya
English title on container and disc label: The: Thick-walled room
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Japanese
Added to Catalog
January 24, 2018
Series
Credits
Director of photography, Kusuda Hiroshi ; editor, Ozawa Shizuo ; music, Kinoshita Chūji.
Director of photography, 楠田浩之 ; editor, 大沢靜 ; music, 木下忠司.
Cast
Mishima Kō, Hamada Torahiko, Kishi Keiko, Kobayashi Toshiko, Shin Kinzō, Ozawa Sakae, Ito Yunosuke, Shimomoto Tsutomu, Mitsui Koji.
三島耕, 浜田寅彦, 岸惠子, 小林トシ子, 信欣三, 小沢栄, 伊藤雄之助, 下元勉, 三井弘次.
System details note
DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Videorecording number
ECL172 The Criterion Collection
ECL171 The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films - Japan.
Foreign language films - Japanese.
Motion pictures - Japan.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Also listed under
小林正樹, 1916-1996, director.
安部公房, 1924-1993, screenwriter.
小倉武志, 1908-1977, producer.
三島耕, actor.
浜田寅彦, 1919-2009, actor.
岸惠子, actor.
小林トシ子, 1932- actor.
信欣三, 1910-1988, actor.
小沢栄, actor.
伊藤雄之助, actor.
下元勉, 1917-2000, actor.
三井弘次, actor.
木下忠司, 1916- composer (expression)
Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.
松竹株式会社.
Shin-ei purodakushon.
新映プロダクション.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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