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Release Date:
21 May 1988 (Japan)
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Plot:
Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju sand says she will become his wife... | Add synopsis »
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1 win
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3 nominations
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Gentle (mostly)
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Cast
(in credits order) | Sayuri Yoshinaga | ... | Tsuru (crane) |
| Hideki Noda | ... | Daiju |
| Takuzô Kawatani | ... | Umaemon |
| Kirin Kiki | ... | Yura |
| Bunta Sugawara | ... | Rich man |
 | Kyôko Kishida | ... | Kichibi |
| Kôji Ishizaka | ... | Narrator |
| Michiyo Yokoyama | ... | Nami |
| Fujio Tokita | ... | Hunter |
Directed by | |||
| Kon Ichikawa | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Shinya Hidaka | writer | |
| Kon Ichikawa | writer | |
| Natto Wada | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Hideaki Fujii | .... | producer | |
| Hiroaki Fujii | .... | producer | |
| Masakazu Maruyama | .... | producer | |
| Hideyuki Takai | .... | executive producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Kensaku Tanikawa | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Yukio Isohata | |||
| Masahiro Kishimoto | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Chizuko Osada | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Setsu Asakura | |||
| Tsuneo Shimura | (as Inao Shimura) | ||
Production Management | |||
| Takahide Morichi | .... | executive in charge of production | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Kazuo Yoshida | .... | chief assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Tetsuya Ohashi | .... | sound recordist | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Kazuo Shimomura | .... | lighting technician | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Toho Company (1988) (Japan) (theatrical)
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"Crane" - USA (literal English title)
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93 min
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The pace is slow, and the target audience seems to be children, although it has an oddly adult flavour at times. The story contains no real surprises. Certainly, as a member of the audience, you'll wonder how the other characters take so long to work out that the lovely and mysterious woman is a crane in disguise (this fact is never less than totally clear from the start). I'm not sure how the story could have been made any differently, but I feel it could have been done better. Overall, not too bad.