A Fugitive from the Past (1965)

Original title

飢餓海峡

Directed by

Tomu Uchida

Genre

drama film, film noir, crime film

Country

Japan

Runtime

3h 03m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man escapes from a ferry during a storm and hides his past. Years later a detective investigates a robbery and a murder connected to that night.

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What happens

A Fugitive from the Past (Japanese: 飢餓海峡, Hepburn: Kiga Kaikyō; lit. 'Straits of Hunger' or 'Hunger Straits') is a 1965 Japanese crime drama film directed by Tomu Uchida and starring Rentarō Mikuni, Sachiko Hidari, Ken Takakura and Junzaburō Ban. It was written by Naoyuki Suzuki based on the 1963 novel Kiga Kaikyō by Tsutomu Minakami. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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