Akuto

Akutō
Original Japanese film poster
Directed byKaneto Shindō
Written by
Produced by
  • Toshio Itoya
  • Setsuo Noto
  • Tamotsu Minato
  • Kazuo Kuwahara
Starring
CinematographyKiyomi Kuroda
Edited byToshio Enoki
Music byHikaru Hayashi
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 21 November 1965 (1965-11-21) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time
119 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Akuto (悪党, Akutō, lit. "Villain"[a]), U.S. title Conquest,[4] is a 1965 Japanese jidaigeki and drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō.[1][2] It is based on the play Kaoyo by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki.[5]

  1. ^ a b "悪党 (Akutō)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "悪党 (Akutō)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. ^ "悪党 (Akutō)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. ^ Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.
  5. ^ Richie, Donald (1998). "The Film Adaptations". In Boscaro, Adriana; Chambers, Anthony (eds.). A Tanizaki Feast: The International Symposium in Venice. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies. p. 168.


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