The Unbalanced Wheel
6.4
A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.
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Cast
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Chikage Awashima
Known for
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Early Spring
Yūnosuke Itō
Known for
High and Low
Sanjuro
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Ryōzō Kasahara
Also in
3 Gents in the Snow Country
Minoru Shibuya
Junzaburō Ban
Known for
Dodes'ka-den
Hiroyuki Nagaoka
Minoru Kida
Akira Ishihama
Known for
Harakiri
Mobile Cop Jiban
Kumi Mizuno
Known for
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
The War of the Gargantuas
Kōji Mitsui
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
A Story of Floating Weeds
Kamatari Fujiwara
Known for
Seven Samurai
The Hidden Fortress
Minoru Shibuya Director · Ryuzo Kikushima Screenplay Minoru Kida Story
First release November 26, 1957 · Produced in Japan · Original title 気違い部落
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
気違い部落
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 26, 1957
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
April 17, 1961 · Theatrical
February 16, 1962 · TV
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