Pitfall

Name: Pitfall
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1962-07-01
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Rating: 7.80
Cast: Sen Yano, Sumie Sasaki, Hideo Kanze, Hisashi Igawa

– A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit o..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.80 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 37 Minutes

Release Year:

1962

Original Name:

おとし穴

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.

Styles:

Avant Garde, Surreal, Offbeat, Bleak, Rough, Suspenseful, Serious, Atmospheric

Producing Country:

Japan

Filming Locations:

Japan

Genre:

Fantasy, Crime, Drama

Release Date:

01 Jul 1962

Language:

Japanese

MPAA Content-Rating:

Not Rated

Directed by:

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Story Written By:

Kôbô Abe

Main Actors:

Sen Yano, Sumie Sasaki, Hideo Kanze, Hisashi Igawa

Plot:

A documentary fantasy. Penniless miners talk in passing about labor unions. A miner and his young son go to a village in Kyushu where the miner has been told he'll find work, but it's a ghost town, save for one woman. The miner leaves and is followed by a man in a white suit and white gloves. A murder takes place: faked footprints, bribery and intrigue, investigations, a frame-up, and a ghost who wants to know why meet in a story of realism and the surreal. A child mutely witnesses all. Does the truth count for anything in this world or in the next? Can everything be manipulated?

Production Company:

Criterion Collection

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

100%