| Manhunt | |
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| Directed by | Junya Satō |
| Screenplay by | Kei Tasaka Junya Satō |
| Based on | Kimi yo Funnu no Kawa o Watare by Jukō Nishimura |
| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata Yasuyoshi Tokuma |
| Starring | Ken Takakura Yoshio Harada Ryōko Nakano |
| Cinematography | Setsuo Kobayashi |
| Edited by | Michio Suwa |
| Music by | Hachiro Aoyama |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date |
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Running time | 151 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | ¥500 million[1] |
| Box office | 300–800 million+ tickets (China) |
Manhunt (Japanese: 君よ憤怒の河を渉れ, Hepburn: Kimi yo Fundo no Kawa o Watare, lit. 'You Must Cross the River of Wrath') is a 1976 Japanese crime thriller film directed and co-written by Junya Satō. It is based on the novel of the same name by Juko Nishimura, and stars Ken Takakura in the leading role.[2]
While Manhunt received unfavorable critical reviews and was a box-office bomb in its native Japan—only grossing ¥240 million against an alleged ¥500 million budget—the film later became the first foreign film released in China following the Cultural Revolution, selling an estimated 300–800 million tickets there, making it the highest-grossing Japanese film of all time based on box office ticket sales. A remake, directed by John Woo, was released in 2017.
- ^ "The Production and Reception of the Two Adapted Versions of Manhunt" (PDF). Atlantis Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 22, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "君よ憤怒の河を渉れ". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.