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The Catch

1983·141 min

The Catch

Directed by Shinji Sōmai

Drama

A young man tries to overcome the hostility of his girlfriend's father, a tuna fisherman, by getting the father to teach him the trade's secrets.

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Fusajiro

Tokiko

Shunichi

Tappei Shimokawa

Asami

Crew

Shigeaki Saegusa

Original Music Composer

Mutsuo Naganuma

Director of Photography

Screenplay

Hideshi Miyajima

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The Catch (1983) is about a young man tries to overcome the hostility of his girlfriend's father, a tuna fisherman, by getting the father to teach him the trade's secrets.

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Shinji Sōmai directed The Catch (1983).

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