Japan / Sep 26, 1981
A psycho mystery. The one she loves is about to vanish. Is someone luring him out? Or...
2h 5min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
Keiko Inagawa pays a visit to neurologist Aizawa about her fiancé Tatsuo Tamura. A mysterious case involving the disappearance of Tatsuo’s three brothers, one after the other, is yet to be resolved and now Tatsuo, seized with the idea that he too may disappear, has had a nervous breakdown. Aizawa suggests that Tatsuo recount his dreams as a means of solving the mystery, since human beings have an instinct that foretells the near future in the form of a dream. Keiko and Tatsuo eventually discover that the three disappearances have a strange connection…
Main cast
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| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Yutaka Nakajima | Hiroko Harada |
| Tomoe Hiiro | Aizawa's wife |
| Yasukiyo Umeno | |
| Eri Kanuma | Rie Harada |
| Akiko Hoshino | |
| Tetsuro Tamba | Sugibayashi |
| Yoshio Ōmori | Toba |
| Kibaji Tankobo | Hospital patient |
| Nobushi Takeuchi | Shohei Harada |
| Kamon Kawamura | |
| Yoshihisa Hotta | |
| Yuzo Hayata | |
| Masayoshi Satoi | |
| Jun Kashima | Doctor |
| Kanjiro Osugi | |
| Taku Kido | |
| Sōnosuke Oda |
Genres
ThrillerDramaMystery
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 真夜中の招待状 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Shochiku |
| Release date | 26 settembre 1981 |
| Executive producer | Yoshitarō Nomura, Yoshiki Nomura |
| Writer | Shūsaku Endō, Tatsuo Nogami |
| Editing | Kazuo Ôta |
| Cinematography | Takashi Kawamata |
| Assistant directors | Yoshitarō Nomura |
| Camera operators | Takashi Kawamata |
| Additional photography | Takashi Kawamata |
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| Production design | Kyôhei Morita |
| Art direction | Kyôhei Morita |
| Set decoration | Kyôhei Morita |
| Music | Mitsuaki Kanno, Tadahiko Yamamoto, Ryuji Matsumoto |
| Sound | Mitsuaki Kanno, Tadahiko Yamamoto, Ryuji Matsumoto |
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