Beauty and the Thief (1952)
The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and poetic, with two central themes which intermingle to compound an admirable panel of a critical period in Japanese history: the great famine in the mid 19th Century.
Released: Sep 22, 1952
Runtime: 80 minutes
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Stars: Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, Rentaro Mikuni, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Bokuzen Hidari
Crew: Yasuichiro Yamazaki (Director of Photography), Keigo Kimura (Director), Keigo Kimura (Screenplay), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (Novel)