A Legend or Was It?
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1963 film by Keisuke Kinoshita
| A Legend or Was It? | |
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| Film poster | |
| Kanji | 死闘の伝説 |
| Directed by | Keisuke Kinoshita |
| Written by | Keisuke Kinoshita |
| Produced by |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Hiroyuki Kusuda |
| Edited by | Yoshi Sugihara |
| Music by | Chūji Kinoshita |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date | |
Running time | 83 |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
A Legend or Was It? (死闘の伝説, Shitō no densetsu), also known as Legend of a Duel to the Death, is a 1963 Japanese drama film written and directed by Keisuke Kinoshita.[1] [2] [3]
Cast
[edit ]- Shima Iwashita as Koeko Sonobe
- Gō Katō as Hideyuki Sonobe
- Mariko Kaga as Yuri Shimizu
- Tsutomu Matsukawa as Norio Sonobe
- Kinuyo Tanaka as Shizuko Sonobe
- Bunta Sugawara as Goichi Takamori
- Yoshi Katō as Shintaro Shimizu
- Kikue Mōri as Umeno Sonobe
- Tokue Hanazawa as Yamanosuke
- Tatsuya Ishiguro as Kimbei Takamori
Legacy
[edit ]A Legend or Was It? was screened at the 2012 Filmex as part of its retrospective on Keisuke Kinoshita,[4] and at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2013 in the "Forum" section.[5]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "【作品データベース】死闘の伝説". Shochiku (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ a b "死闘の伝説". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ a b "死闘の伝説". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ Mes, Tom (14 January 2013). "A Legend or Was It?". Midnight Eye . Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Shito no densetsu". Berlinale.de. 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
