Pitfall

1962

1h 37m

7.3

7.3/10

109 votes • View on IMDb

Overview

A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost souls.

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Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies

Teshigahara Productions

Production Countries

Japan

Spoken Languages

Japanese

Keywords

lie surreal miner rural area mining town ghost labor union ghost town shopkeeper japanese new wave miners strike father son relationship

Quick Facts

Original Title	おとし穴
Release Date	July 1, 1962
Status	Released
Language	JA
IMDb ID	tt0203612

Cast

Hisashi Igawa

Otsuka

Sumie Sasaki

Shopkeeper

Sen Yano

Toyama

Hideo Kanze

Policeman

Kunie Tanaka

Man in White Suit

Kei Satō

Reporter

Kazuo Miyahara

Miner's Son

Akemi Nara

Wife

Tadashi Fukuro

Second Union Member

Kikuo Kaneuchi

Photographer

Kanichi Ômiya

Second Miner

Shigeru Matsuo

Farmer

Key Crew

Kōbō Abe

Screenplay

Tadashi Ôno

Producer

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Director