Fukushu Suru Wa Ware ni Ari

by Shohei Imamura

Two collection agents of the tobacco Monopoly are killed during a robbery. The main suspected is Enokizu, a delivery courier on behalf of the Monopoly. Police starts an inquiry about him and finds out that Enokizu is married and has two daughters, but his family never sees him. The man, feeling oppressed by all these controls, commits a series of crimes and for seventy-eight days cannot be found.
Country: Giappone
Year: 1979
Running time: 129'
Format: 35 mm
Language: giapponese
Subtitles: italiano
Genre: fiction
Screenplay: Masaru Baba
Cinematography: Shinsaku Himeda
Editing: Keiichi Uraoka
Music: Shinchiro Ikebe
With: Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Rentaro Mikuni, Mitsuko Baisho
Produced by: Shochiku, Imamura Productions