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Bitter End of a Sweet Night (1961)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 25M

Director : Yoshishige Yoshida
Writer : Yoshishige Yoshida, Yoichi Maeda

Synopsis

An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder.

Actors

Michiko Saga
Michiko Saga
Soko Mishima
Masahiko Tsugawa
Masahiko Tsugawa
Jiro Tezuka
Hiroko Sugita
Hiroko Sugita
Masae Oka
Teruyo Yamagami
Teruyo Yamagami
Harumi Nishimoto
Reiko Hitomi
Reiko Hitomi
Osamu Takizawa
Osamu Takizawa
Hondo
Takamaru Sasaki
Takamaru Sasaki
Sumiko Hidaka
Sumiko Hidaka
Hideo Kidokoro
Hideo Kidokoro
Jun Hamamura
Jun Hamamura
Kei Satō
Kei Satō

Crews

Yoshishige Yoshida
Yoshishige Yoshida
Director
Yoshishige Yoshida
Yoshishige Yoshida
Screenplay
Yoichi Maeda
Yoichi Maeda
Screenplay
Hikaru Hayashi
Hikaru Hayashi
Original Music Composer
Tōichirō Narushima
Tōichirō Narushima
Director of Photography
Yoshi Sugihara
Yoshi Sugihara
Editor
Shigeo Fukasawa
Shigeo Fukasawa
Set Decoration
Tadataka Yoshino
Tadataka Yoshino
Art Direction
Takeshi Sasaki
Takeshi Sasaki
Producer
Kôshichi Yoshida
Kôshichi Yoshida
Costume Design
Takao Narita
Takao Narita
Assistant Director
Hiroshi Nakamura
Hiroshi Nakamura
Sound
Kunio Hinata
Kunio Hinata
Sound Recordist
Akio Tamura
Akio Tamura
Gaffer
Ikuo Kogiso
Ikuo Kogiso
Production Supervisor
Kenji Inoue
Kenji Inoue
Set Designer

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