| The Hole 穴 Ana | |
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| Directed by | Kon Ichikawa |
| Written by |
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| Produced by |
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| Cinematography | Setsuo Kobayashi |
| Edited by | Tatsuji Nakashizu |
| Music by | Yasushi Akutagawa |
| Distributed by | Daiei |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Hole (穴, Ana) a.k.a. Hole in One a.k.a. The Pit, is a 1957 black-and-white comedy/mystery Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa.[1][2][3][4]
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Plot
A reporter, Nagako Kita (Machiko Kyō), is fired for writing about police corruption. To make money, she hides while a weekly magazine publishes photos of her, and offers a prize to the person who discovers her. A group of three bank embezzlers, So Yamamura, Eiji Funakoshi, and Sotoji Mukui (Fujio Harumoto) employ Mukui's younger sister Fukiko as a fake employee at the bank and plan to make her disappear when the real woman appears again and blame the crime on her.[5]
When she contacts Mukui about the crime, she finds him dead and Fukiko pulls a gun on her. She contacts the policeman who was fired, who is now a private detective.
Staff
The art director was Tomoo Shimogawara.[6]
Cast
- Machiko Kyō as Nagako Kita
- Eiji Funakoshi as Koisuke Sengi
- So Yamamura as Keikichi Shirasu
- Kenji Sugawara as police Sarumaru
- Jun Hamamura as taxi driver
- Fujio Harumoto as Sotoji Mikui
- Sumiko Hidaka as Takeko Nakamura
- Shintarō Ishihara as writer
- Ryuichi Ishii as Shuta Torigai
- Yasuko Kawakami as Fukiko Mukui
- Tanie Kitabayashi as Suga Akabane
- Bontarō Miyake as chief editor Oya
- Mantarō Ushio as Sahei
References
- ^ "穴". KOTOBANK. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "穴". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "穴". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "穴". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "穴". 映画ウオッチ. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ Full cast and crew for Ana. IMDb, accessed 13 May 2009.
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