The Devil's Island

1977 film by Kon Ichikawa
Movie film Q11572175
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Summary

The Devil's Island is a film[1]. It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Seishi Yokomizo[3]
  • Director: Kon Ichikawa[4]
  • Screenwriter: Shin'ya Hidaka[5], Kon Ichikawa[6]
  • Composer: Shinichi Tanabe[7]
  • Based on: Gokumon Island[8]
  • Follows: Akuma no temari-uta[9]
  • Followed by: Rhyme of Vengeance[10]
  • Cast member: Kōji Ishizaka[11], Yōko Tsukasa[12], Reiko Ohara[13], Kiwako Taichi[14], Mitsuko Kusabue[15], Shin Saburi[16], Norihei Miki[17], Eijirō Tōno[18]
  • Producer: Kon Ichikawa[19]
  • Production company: TOHO Studios Co., Ltd.[20]
  • Director of photography: Kiyoshi Hasegawa[21]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Japanese[22]
  • Color: color[23]
  • Country of origin: Japan[24]
  • Publication date: August 27, 1977[25]
  • Distributed by: Toho[26]
  • Film editor: Michiko Ikeda[27], Chizuko Osada[28]
  • Title: 獄門島[29]
  • Name in kana: ごくもんとう[30]
  • Duration: 141 minutes[31]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): Academy ratio[32]
  • EIRIN film rating: G[33]
  • Art director: Shinobu Muraki[34]
  • Original film format: 35 mm film[35]

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  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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