The Phantom Horse Explained
| The Phantom Horse |
| Director: | Koji Shima |
| Producer: | Masaichi Nagata
Kazuo Tsukaguchi |
| Starring: | Bontarô Miyake |
| Cinematography: | Michio Takahashi |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
is a 1955 color (Eastmancolor) Japanese drama film directed by Koji Shima. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
The movie is loosely based on the life of Tokino Minoru, a race horse whose life was cut short not long after winning the Tokyo Yushun and was owned by Masaichi Nagata.[2]
Cast
- Bontarō Miyake as Yasuke Shiraishi
- Ayako Wakao as Yuki Shiraishi
- Yukihiro Iwatare as Jiro Shiraishi
- Yoshiro Kitahara as Toki Onoshi
- Koreya Senda as Hamamura
- Eijirō Yanagi as Hyogoro Onishi
- Akihiko Yusa as Ichiro Shiraishi
Notes and References
- Web site: Festival de Cannes: The Phantom Horse . 4 February 2009. festival-cannes.com.
- Web site: 幻の馬 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20121001070844/https://www.kadokawa-pictures.jp/official/maboroshinouma/ . 2012-10-01 . 2023-03-31 . Kadokawa Pictures.
