The Catch

• 1961
• Japan
• 1h 37min
• 18

• Directed by: Nagisa Oshima
• Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Hugh Hard, Yoko Mihara

Set during the final days of World War II, and based on a prize-winning novella by Kenzaburo Oe, Oshima's tale of a remote village's power struggles over a captured black GI explores his hallmark subjects of Japanese hypocrisy, racism and xenophobia.