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Summary:

A restaurant manager and ex-boxer get roped into the criminal underworld when the ex-boxer falls hard for a mysterious, young suicidal club hostess who is fleeing her gangster boss.

Contributors:

Mizunoe, Takiko, 1915-2009 , producer

Ishihara, Shintarō, 1932-2022 , screenwriter

Kurahara, Koreyoshi, 1927-2002 , director

Ishihara, Yūjirō, 1934-1987 , actor

Kitahara, Mie, 1933- , actor

Kosugi, Isamu, 1904-1983 , actor

Uemura, Kenijirō, 1914-1979 , actor

Nitani, Hideaki , actor

Hatano, Ken , actor

Kusanagi, Kojiro , actor

Suzuki, Akira, 1928-2014

Takamura, Kuratarō, 1921-2005 , cinematographer

Satō, Masaru

Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha

Janus Films

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Languages:

Japanese
English

Language Notes:

In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.

Related Series:

Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)) > Series 17, Nikkatsu noir

Alternate Titles:

Title on DVD menu: I am waiting
Title on set container: Nikkatsu noir

Subjects:

Boxers (Sports) — Japan — Drama

Criminals — Japan — Drama

Gangsters — Japan — Drama

Man-woman relationships — Japan — Drama

Revenge — Japan — Drama

Japanese language films

Boxers (Sports)

Criminals

Gangsters

Man-woman relationships

Revenge

Japan

Genres:

Film noir

Crime films

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Feature films

Fiction films

Foreign language films

Drama

System Details:

DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1); Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.

Performers:

Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Isamu Kosugi, Kenjirō Uemura, Hideaki Nitani, Ken Hatano, Kōjiro Kusanagi.

Production Credits:

Cinematography, Kuratarō Takamura ; editor, Akira Suzuki ; art direction, Takashi Matsuyama; music, Masaru Satō.

General Notes:

A foreign film (Japan).
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

ORE 1957 DVD

ISBNs:

9781604652031
1604652039
9781604651942 (set)
1604651946 (set)

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515049719
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: ECL076
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection (set): ECL075

OCLC Numbers:

429535042