Mahiru no ankoku

Mahiru no ankoku
Original Japanese theatrical poster
Japanese name
Kanji真昼の暗黒
Directed byTadashi Imai
Written by
Produced byTengo Yamada
Starring
CinematographyShun'ichirō Nakao
Music byAkira Ifukube
Production
company
Gendai Production
Release date
  • 27 March 1956 (1956-03-27) (Japan)
[1]
Running time
122 mins.[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Mahiru no ankoku (真昼の暗黒, lit. "Darkness at Noon") is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Tadashi Imai.[1][2] It is based on an actual court case,[3] described in the non-fiction book "Saibankan–Hito no inochi wa kenryoku de ubaeru mono ka" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d "真昼の暗黒 (Mahiru no ankoku)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ "真昼の暗黒 (Mahiru no ankoku)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Darkness At Noon (Mahiru no ankoku)". UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). 22 December 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2022.