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Silence Has No Wings (1966)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 40M

Director : Kazuo Kuroki
Writer : Kazuo Kuroki, Yasuo Matsukawa, Hisaya Iwasa

Synopsis

Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by Kuroki depicts in exquisite images a series of encounters and life's turning points.

Actors

Mariko Kaga
Mariko Kaga
Hiroyuki Nagato
Hiroyuki Nagato
Shoichi Ozawa
Shoichi Ozawa
Fumio Watanabe
Fumio Watanabe
Kyū Sazanka
Kyū Sazanka
Rokkō Toura
Rokkō Toura
Toshie Kimura
Toshie Kimura
Yukio Ninagawa
Yukio Ninagawa
Masahiko Naruse
Masahiko Naruse
Hōsei Komatsu
Hōsei Komatsu
Kunie Tanaka
Kunie Tanaka
Takeshi Kusaka
Takeshi Kusaka
Hiroshi Mizushima
Hiroshi Mizushima
Sumiko Sakamoto
Sumiko Sakamoto
Kazuhiko Kasai
Kazuhiko Kasai
Keisuke Tate
Keisuke Tate
Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno
Nobutaka Masutomi
Nobutaka Masutomi
Toyoko Iwasaki
Toyoko Iwasaki
Toshiya Sugita
Toshiya Sugita
Koreya Senda
Koreya Senda

Crews

Kazuo Kuroki
Kazuo Kuroki
Director
Nobuyo Horiba
Nobuyo Horiba
Producer
Teizô Matsumura
Teizô Matsumura
Original Music Composer
Tatsuo Suzuki
Tatsuo Suzuki
Director of Photography
Kazuo Kuroki
Kazuo Kuroki
Screenplay
Yasuo Matsukawa
Yasuo Matsukawa
Screenplay
Hisaya Iwasa
Hisaya Iwasa
Screenplay
Kazuo Kuroki
Kazuo Kuroki
Editor
Hiroshi Yamashita
Hiroshi Yamashita
Art Direction
Yoshio Unno
Yoshio Unno
Lighting Technician
Ichirô Katô
Ichirô Katô
Sound Recordist

Posters and backgrounds

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