I Am Waiting
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In Koreyoshi Kurahara’s directorial debut, rebel matinee idol Yujiro Ishihara (fresh off the sensational Crazed Fruit) stars as a restaurant manager and former boxer who saves a beautiful, suicidal club hostess (Mie Kitahara) trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer. Featuring expressionist lighting and bold camera work, this was one of Nikkatsu’s early successes.
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Cast
- Yujiro Ishihara
- Joji Shimaki
- Mie Kitahara
- Saeko
- Isamu Kosugi
- Uchiyama
- Kenjiro Uemura
- Police detective
- Hideaki Nitani
- Shibata (elder)
- Ken Hatano
- Shibata (younger)
Credits
- Director
- Koreyoshi Kurahara
- Producer
- Takiko Mizunoe
- Screenplay
- Shintaro Ishihara
- Cinematography
- Kurataro Takamura
- Lighting
- Mitsuo Onishi
- Recording
- Fumio Hashimoto
- Art direction
- Takashi Matsuyama
- Editing
- Akira Suzuki
- Music
- Masaru Sato
- Theme song by
- Yujiro Ishihara
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