Mahiru no ankoku explained

Mahiru no ankoku
Native Name:	Kanji: 真昼の暗黒
Director:	Tadashi Imai
Producer:	Tengo Yamada
Music:	Akira Ifukube
Cinematography:	Shun'ichirō Nakao
Studio:	Gendai Production
Released:	^[1]
Runtime:	122 mins.
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Tadashi Imai.^[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.

Cast

• Kōjirō Kusanagi
• Sachiko Hidari
• Taketoshi Naitō
• Chōko Iida
• Sō Yamamura

Awards

Mahiru no ankoku received the Blue Ribbon Award, the Mainichi Film Award and the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film. It also received the Blue Ribbon Award and Mainichi Film Award for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Film Music.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 真昼の暗黒 (Mahiru no ankoku) . Kinenote . ja . 29 May 2022.
2. Web site: 真昼の暗黒 (Mahiru no ankoku) . Kotobank . ja . 29 May 2022.
3. Web site: Darkness At Noon (Mahiru no ankoku) . UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) . 22 December 2014 . 29 May 2022.
4. Web site: ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (Blue Ribbon Awards) . 17 January 2010 . ja . Cinema Hochi . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101227084607/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1956/ . 27 December 2010.