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Pitfall

1962 · 97 min

A haunting, disorienting descent into a ghostly world where the living and dead blur, leaving a lingering sense of hopelessness.

Directed by: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Genres: Mystery, Fantasy, Crime
Starring: Hisashi Igawa, Sumie Sasaki, Sen Yano

Overview: A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost souls.

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Directed by: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Genres: Mystery, Fantasy, Crime
Starring: Hisashi Igawa, Sumie Sasaki, Sen Yano

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
death
corruption
identity
survival
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	4
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: mystery, fantasy, crime
Directed by: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Written by: Kōbō Abe
Starring: Hisashi Igawa, Sumie Sasaki, Sen Yano, Hideo Kanze, Kunie Tanaka, Kei Satō, Kazuo Miyahara, Akemi Nara
Music: Tōru Takemitsu, Toshi Ichiyanagi
Cinematography: Hiroshi Segawa
Runtime: 97 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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