They Who Step on Tiger's Tail (1945)

Directed by | Akira Kurosawa
Produced by | Motohiko Ito
Written by | Akira Kurosawa
Starring | Susumu Fujita
Denjiro Okochi
Hanshiro Iwai
Music by | Tadashi Hattori
Distributed by | Toho Company Ltd.
Release date(s) | 24 April 1952
Running time | 58 / 60 min.
Language | Japanese
Budget | ?

The Men Who Tread On the Tiger's Tail (虎の尾を踏む男達, Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi?, aka Walkers on the Tiger's Tail) is a Japanese film, written and directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1945. It is based on the kabuki play Kanjinchō, which is in turn based on the Noh play Ataka.

The film stars Hanshiro Iwai, Susumu Fujita, Kenichi Enomoto, and Denjiro Okochi. It is in black-and-white and runs 58 or 60 minutes (depending on the version shown).
The film was initially banned by the occupying SCAP due to its portrayal of feudal values. It was later released after the signing of the Treaty of San Francisco in 1952.

Also known as

* They Who Step on the Tail of the Tiger
* They Who Step on the Tiger's Tail
* Walkers on the Tiger's Tail

Films directed by Akira Kurosawa
1940s| Sanshiro Sugata · The Most Beautiful · Sanshiro Sugata Part II · The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail · Those Who Make Tomorrow · No Regrets for Our Youth · One Wonderful Sunday · Drunken Angel · The Quiet Duel · Stray Dog
1950s| Scandal · Rashomon · The Idiot · Ikiru · Seven Samurai · I Live in Fear · Throne of Blood · The Lower Depths · The Hidden Fortress
1960s| The Bad Sleep Well · Yojimbo · Sanjuro · High and Low · Red Beard
1970s| Dodesukaden · Dersu Uzala
1980s| Kagemusha · Ran
1990s| Dreams · Rhapsody in August · Madadayo

The article "The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail" is part of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. It is licensed under the terms of the GNU FDL.

modified: 2007-11-12 05:40:13