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- "I Am Waiting" is also a song on Aftermath (The Rolling Stones album).
I Am Waiting 
Japanese movie posterDirected by Koreyoshi Kurahara Produced by Takiko Mizunoe Written by Shintarō Ishihara Starring Yujiro Ishihara
Mie KitaharaMusic by Masaru Satō Cinematography Kurataro Takamura Editing by Akira Suzuki Distributed by Nikkatsu Release date(s) October 20, 1957[1] Running time 91 minutes Country Japan Language Japanese I Am Waiting (俺は待ってるぜ Ore wa matteru ze) is a 1957 black-and-white Japanese film drama directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara. "I Am Waiting" was part of the Nikkatsu film studio's wave of Japanese noir films, in order to compete with popular American and French films in Japanese box offices.[2] This film was made available in North America when Janus Films released a special set of Nikkatsu Noir films as part of the Criterion Collection.[3] These films include Take Aim at the Police Van, Rusty Knife and A Colt Is My Passport.
"I am Waiting" was one of Nikkatsu's earlier successes.[4]
Contents
Plot
On a dark night, Jôji (Yujiro ishihara) a former boxer, saves Saeko (Mie Kitahara), a beautiful, suicidal hostess. They live and work together at a restaurant where they begin to fall in love, struggling to escape from their dark pasts. Jôji deals with his failure as a boxer, shamed of having been barred from the ring. Saeko hopes to hide from gangsters who have forced her to work at their cabaret.[5]
They both find their source of support in their sole dreams: he wishes to Brazil to join his brother on a ranch, and she dreams of finding love. Pushed by gangsters, they learn that dreams are easily crushed.[6]
Cast
- Yujiro Ishihara
- Mie Kitahara
- Hideaki Nitani
- Isamu Kosugi
References
- ^ http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1957/cg004070.htm (Japanese) accessed January 18, 2009.
- ^ http://criterioncast.com/2010/10/25/a-journey-through-the-eclipse-series-toshio-masudas-rusty-knife/
- ^ http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/655-eclipse-series-17-nikkatsu-noir
- ^ http://www.criterion.com/films/2955-i-am-waiting
- ^ http://www.criterion.com/films/2955-i-am-waiting
- ^ http://www.criterion.com/films/2955-i-am-waiting
External links
- I Am Waiting at the Internet Movie Database
- http://www.flixster.com/movie/i-am-waiting
- http://bungakublog.com/2010/12/23/ore-wa-matteru-ze-i-am-waiting-1957-review/
- http://www.worldcat.org/title/ore-wa-matteru-ze/oclc/429535042?referer=list_view
Films directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara I Am Waiting (1957) · Fūsoku 40 metres (1958) · Arashi no naka o tsuppashire (1958) · The Warped Ones (1960) · The Gate of Youth (1981) · Nankyoku Monogatari (1983) · Haru no kane (1985) · Hiroshima (1995)
Categories:- 1957 films
- Black-and-white films
- Japanese films
- Japanese-language films
- Films directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara
- Directorial debut films
- Nikkatsu films
- 1950s Japanese film stubs
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