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Challenge to Live 1961 Directed by Eizō Sugawa 愛と炎と

An employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a fellow soldier when the two were adrift at sea during the Pacific War. Matters are complicated further when he falls in love with the soldier's younger sister (Tsukasa).

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Drama
Production Company TOHO
Release Date 17 June 1961
98 mins
Cast
Tatsuya Mihashi
Tatsuya Mihashi
Yōko Tsukasa
Yōko Tsukasa
Yumi Shirakawa
Yumi Shirakawa
Akira Kubo
Akira Kubo
Kumi Mizuno
Kumi Mizuno
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata
Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno
Eitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa
Susumu Fujita
Susumu Fujita
Yoshibumi Tajima
Yoshibumi Tajima
Kyôko Kishida
Kyôko Kishida
Masayuki Mori
Masayuki Mori
Crew
Director
Eizō Sugawa
Eizō Sugawa
Writer
Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō
Executive Producer
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Cinematography
Fukuzo Koizumi
Fukuzo Koizumi
Composer
Masaru Satō
Masaru Satō
Editor
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Original Writer
Shintarō Ishihara
Shintarō Ishihara
Art Direction
Iwao Akune
Iwao Akune
Lighting
Mitsuo Kaneko
Mitsuo Kaneko
Assistant Director
Takashi Tsuboshima
Takashi Tsuboshima