Pursuit At Dawn
6.2
This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring Ryô Ikebe as a young policeman it is part crime drama, part social study. Definitely not an undiscovered masterpiece, but still a must for Ichikawa buffs.
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Cast
11 people
Ryō Ikebe
Known for
Pale Flower
Early Spring
Jun Tazaki
Known for
High and Low
Destroy All Monsters
Jun Nakagawa
Also in
Girl’s Pleasure: Man Hunting
Koichiro Uno's Up and Down
Kon Ichikawa
Michitarō Mizushima
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Kaneto Shindō
Also in
The Battleship on the Ground
Hymn
Yōko Sugi
Known for
Sound of the Mountain
Repast
Yūnosuke Itō
Known for
High and Low
Sanjuro
Kan Yanagiya
Known for
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Stray Dog
Fujio Nagahama
Also in
Stray Dog
Army
Chizuko Nogami
Kon Ichikawa Director · Kaneto Shindō Writer Nobuo Iida Composer
First release June 1, 1950 · Produced in Japan · Production Shintoho Film Distribution Committee
Production
Tanaka Production
Production
Shintoho Film Distribution Committee
Production
Japan
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Original title
暁の追跡
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · June 1, 1950
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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