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a.k.a. 'Hole in One' a.k.a. 'The Pit', is a 1957 black-and-white comedy/mystery Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa.

Plot



A female reporter, Nagako Kita (Machiko Ky) 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, Eiji Funakoshi, 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



The art director was Tomoo Shimogawara.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050127/fullcredits#cast 'Full cast and crew for Ana']. IMDb, accessed 13 May 2009.

Cast



* Machiko Ky as Nagako Kita

* Eiji Funakoshi as Koisuke Sengi

* So Yamamura as Keikichi Shirasu

* Kenji Sugawara as police Sarumaru

* Jun Hamamura as taxi driver

* Fujio Harumoto as Sotoji Mikui

* Sumiko Hidaka as Takeko Nakamura

* Shintar Ishihara as writer

* Ryuichi Ishii as Shuta Torigai

* Yasuko Kawakami as Fukiko Mukui

* Tanie Kitabayashi as Suga Akabane

* Bontar Miyake as chief editor Oya

* Mantar Ushio as Sahei

References



Category:1957 films

Category:Japanese comedy mystery films

Category:Japanese black-and-white films

Category:Films directed by Kon Ichikawa

Category:Daiei Film films

Category:1950s comedy mystery films

Category:Films with screenplays by Natto Wada

Category:Films with screenplays by Kon Ichikawa

Category:Films scored by Yasushi Akutagawa

Category:1950s Japanese films


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