a.k.a. ''Hole in One'' a.k.a. ''The Pit'', is a 1957 black-and-white comedy/

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directed by

Kon Ichikawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films '' The Burmese Harp'' (1956) and '' Fires on the Plain'' (1959), to the documentary ''Tokyo Olympiad'' (1965), which won t ...

Plot

A reporter, Nagako Kita (

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), is fired for writing about police corruption. To make money, she hides while a weekly magazine publishes photos of her, and offers a prize to the person who discovers her. A group of three bank embezzlers,

So Yamamura was a Japanese actor and film director. He was also known by the name Satoshi Yamamura, while his actual birth name is Koga Hirosada. Yamamura graduated from University of Tokyo. In 1942, Yamamura and Isao Yamagata formed the ''Bunkaza Theatre ...

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, and Sotoji Mukui ( Fujio Harumoto) employ Mukui's younger sister Fukiko as a fake employee at the bank and plan to make her disappear when the real woman appears again and blame the crime on her. When she contacts Mukui about the crime, she finds him dead and Fukiko pulls a gun on her. She contacts the policeman who was fired, who is now a private detective.

Staff

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Cast

as Nagako Kita *

as Koisuke Sengi *

as Keikichi Shirasu *

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as police Sarumaru *

Jun Hamamura was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 1995. Selected filmography * ''Wolf'' (1955) * '' The Burmese Harp'' (1956) * '' The Hole'' (1957) * ''The Temptress and the Monk'' (1958) * ''Enjō'' (1958) * ''Odd Obs ...

as taxi driver * Fujio Harumoto as Sotoji Mikui * Sumiko Hidaka as Takeko Nakamura *

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as writer * Ryuichi Ishii as Shuta Torigai *

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as Fukiko Mukui *

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as Suga Akabane * Bontarō Miyake as chief editor Oya *

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as Sahei

References

1957 films Japanese comedy mystery films Japanese black-and-white films Films directed by Kon Ichikawa Daiei Film films 1950s comedy mystery films Films with screenplays by Natto Wada Films with screenplays by Kon Ichikawa Films scored by Yasushi Akutagawa 1950s Japanese films {{1950s-comedy-film-stub