| 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 | Shochiku |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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| 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.
Cast
- 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
A Legend or Was It? was screened at the 2012 Filmex as part of its retrospective on Keisuke Kinoshita, and at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2013 in the "Forum" section.
References
- ^ "【作品データベース】死闘の伝説". Shochiku (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "死闘の伝説". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "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.
External links
| Films directed by Keisuke Kinoshita | |
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