A Fugitive from the Past

1965 [JAPANESE]

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 96% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 96% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.9/10 10 1500 1.5K

Plot summary

Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest.

Director

Tomu Uchida Photo
Tomu Uchida

Top cast

Kôji Mitsui Photo
Kôji Mitsui as Motojima
Kôsaku Okano Photo
Kôsaku Okano as Detective Tonami
Sadako Sawamura Photo
Sadako Sawamura as Motojima's Wife
Junji Nishimura Photo
Junji Nishimura
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.64 GB
1280*534
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
3 hr 2 min
Seeds 2
3.04 GB
1920*800
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
3 hr 2 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by shaid 9 / 10

Simpley Good

Reviewed by jkierste-1 9 / 10

Blend of Kurosawa and Teshigahara

"Kiga Kaikyo" is a perfect blend of Kurosawa's crime films ("The Bad Sleep Well" and "High and Low") with Teshigahara's hypnotism ("Pitfall," "Woman in the Dunes," and "The Face of Another"). Characteristic of the best films of 1960's Japanese cinema, Kudo blends a complex tale of deceit and moral dilemma with elegantly weaved chiaroscuro cinematography. The film unfolds over three acts with deliberate pacing; over these three acts the protagonist shifts into an antagonist and Kudo examines the primal nature of man. The film is not perfect -- it lacks the poignance of Kurosawa and the visual mastery of Teshigahara. Nevertheless, it blends both together seamlessly, tapping the best of both director's and delivery a tightly wound suspense curio that fails to disappoint.
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