¡8 Jikan no Kyofu
¡Japanese Movie
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[Machine Translation] [A train is stranded due to flooding, and a group of passengers take a bus for a change of train. Then a bank robber on the run gets on the bus... A unique drama with thrills, suspense, and humanism, set on a bus in the middle of the night, where despair and danger strike. It is also a problematic work that comically depicts a serious subject. The cast includes old and new actors such as Nobuo Kaneko, Harue Tone, Sumiko Minami, Kenjiro Uemura, and Hideaki Nitani. This is an early masterpiece from when director Seijun Suzuki was still known as "Seitaro Suzuki. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Seijun Suzuki's birth, the masterpiece that laid the foundation of Seijun's aesthetics is now available on DVD! --A small station in the mountains. A train is stuck on the platform, which has been disrupted by flooding. In the waiting room at 2:00 a.m., stranded passengers, including an arrogant executive and his wife and Mr. Only, are huddled together. Tokieda ( Sumiko Minami ) stands quietly with a baby in her arms, while the detective and the murderer Mori ( Nobuo Kaneko ) stand handcuffed together. Just as they are about to leave, they receive bad news: "There are signs that the two gangsters who attacked the bank have made their rounds in this area. Amidst the turmoil, a battered bus carrying 14 passengers departs in the dark. As the night dawned with the fear of gangs and landslides, everyone was back in the light, except Tokieda and Mori, whose faces remained gloomy. After crossing over a broken bridge, Tokieda attempted to throw herself into the river. Only Mori, a former military doctor and murderer, could save the baby, who was already in a state of suspended animation. The bus proceeds amidst the frantic nursing of everyone, but suddenly a pair of men board the bus. The duo was carrying a large Boston bag...
Original Release Year: 1957
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