Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi (1945)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

Writers:

Anonymous (plays)
Akira Kurosawa (writer)

Release Date:

28 February 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A fugitive lord and his bodyguards and followers, all disguised as monks, traverse a forest, where they...

Plot Keywords:

Kabuki | Japan | 1180s | 12th Century | Royalty

Cast

Denjirô Ôkôchi	...	Benkei
Susumu Fujita	...	Togashi
Kenichi Enomoto	...	Porter
Masayuki Mori	...	Kamei
Takashi Shimura	...	Kataoka
Akitake Kôno	...	Ise
Yoshio Kosugi	...	Suruga
Hanshiro Iwai	...	Yoshitsune (as Shubo Nishina)
Dekao Yoko	...	Hidachibo
Yasuo Hisamatsu	...	Kajiwara's Messenger
Shôji Kiyokawa	...	Togashi's Messenger

Also Known As:

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (International: English title) (USA)
They Who Step on the Tail of the Tiger
They Who Step on the Tiger's Tail
Tora no o fumu otokotachi (Japan) (alternative transliteration)
Walkers on the Tiger's Tail

Runtime:

58 min | USA:60 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Toho Company

Trivia:

The film was initially banned by the occupying SCAP due to its portrayal of feudal values. It was later released after the signing of the Treaty of San Francisco in 1952.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences (2006) (V)

Grossly funny

When I checked out this movie from the library, I did not quite know what to expect. My mother decided to watch this (short) film with me, and by the end of the movie we were cracking up. The man who plays the peasant in this movie makes the funniest faces at any site of danger while everyone else remains calm. This movie is worth checking out just for the interesting dance near the end.