Jun 01, 1950
94 min
Full-HD

Pursuit At Dawn (1950)

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring Ryô Ikebe as a young policeman it is part crime drama, part social study. Definitely not an undiscovered masterpiece, but still a must for Ichikawa buffs.

Category

Crime Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Tanaka Production

Ryō Ikebe

Jun Tazaki

Michitarō Mizushima

Yōko Sugi

Yūnosuke Itō

Kan Yanagiya

Fujio Nagahama

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