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The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant (1947)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 23M

Director : Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Writer : Tadao Ikeda, Ryôsuke Saitô, Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Synopsis

The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men ate an elephant that died in a zoo. The elephant's corpse however, was infested with deadly bacteria and the men have only 30 hours left to live...

Actors

Chishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū
Shinichi Himori
Shinichi Himori
Yasumi Hara
Yasumi Hara
Tōru Abe
Tōru Abe
Takashi Kanda
Takashi Kanda
Chieko Murata
Chieko Murata
Dekao Yokoo
Dekao Yokoo

Crews

Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Director
Tadao Ikeda
Tadao Ikeda
Screenplay
Ryôsuke Saitô
Ryôsuke Saitô
Screenplay
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Screenplay

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