Pitfall

Name: Pitfall
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Released: 1962-01-01

1962 film by Hiroshi Teshigahara

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Released: 1962
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Screenwriter: Kōbō Abe
Cast: Hisashi Igawa
, Kunie Tanaka
, Kei Satō
, Hideo Kanze
Runtime: 97 min
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: Japan
Original language: Japanese

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Pitfall , a.k.a. The Pitfall and Kashi To Kodomo, is a 1962 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara, written by Kōbō Abe. It was Teshigahara's first feature, and the first of his four film collaborations with Abe, the others being Woman in the Dunes, The Face of Another and The Man Without a Map. Unlike the others, which are based on novels by Abe, Pitfall was originally a television play called Purgatory (Rengoku). The film has been included in The Criterion Collection. It is known for its surreal storytelling structure and themes of hopelessness, exploitation, and human suffering.

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Color: black-and-white
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Title: おとし穴
RARS rating: 18+
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