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The Hole (1957 film)

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The Hole

Ana
Directed byKon Ichikawa
Written byKon Ichikawa (writer)
Natto Wada (writer)
Produced byHiroaki Fujii (planner)
Hideo Nagata
CinematographySetsuo Kobayashi
Edited byTatsuji Nakashizu
Music byYasushi Akutagawa
Distributed byDaiei (1957), Kadokawa Pictures (current distributor)
Release date
October 15, 1957 (1957-10-15)[1]
Running time
103 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Hole (, 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.

Plot

A female 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.

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.[2]

Cast

Critical reception

References

  1. ^ (in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1957/cg004010.htm accessed 12 May 2009
  2. ^ Full cast and crew for Ana. IMDb, accessed 13 May 2009.