A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
August 9, 1960
Original Title:
太陽の墓場
Alternate Titles:
Il cimitero del sole
L'Enterrement du Soleil
Taiyo no Hakaba
Taiyou no Hakaba
Taiyō no Hakaba
Tomb of the Sun
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Shochiku
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 87
In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of blood. Alliances constantly shift. Tatsu and Takeshi, friends since boyhood, reluctantly join Shin's gang. Shin's an upstart and moves his gang often to avoid the local kingpin. Hanoko is a young woman with ambitions: first she's in the blood business with her father, then she joins forces with Shin. She soon breaks off that partnership, even though she's taken the sensitive Takeshi under her wing. Double crosses multiply. Those with the closest bonds become each others' murderers.
Director:
Nagisa Ōshima
Director of Photography:
Takashi Kawamata
Editor:
Keiichi Uraoka
Lighting Technician:
Isamu Satô
Original Music Composer:
Riichirō Manabe
Producer:
Tomio Ikeda
Production Design:
Kôji Uno
Screenplay:
Toshirō Ishidō
Nagisa Ōshima
Sound Recordist:
Shûjûrô Kurita
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