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1957 Japanese film

The Hole 穴 Ana
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Kon Ichikawa
Written by	Kon Ichikawa Natto Wada
Produced by	Hiroaki Fujii (planner) Hideo Nagata
Cinematography	Setsuo Kobayashi
Edited by	Tatsuji Nakashizu
Music by	Yasushi Akutagawa
Distributed by	Daiei Film
Release date	October 15, 1957 (1957-10-15)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Hole (穴, Ana) a.k.a. Hole in One a.k.a. The Pit, is a 1957 black-and-white comedy/mystery Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa.

Plot

A reporter, Nagako Kita (Machiko Kyō), is fired for writing about police corruption. To make money, she hides while a weekly magazine publishes photos of her, and offers a prize to the person who discovers her. A group of three bank embezzlers, So Yamamura, Eiji Funakoshi, and Sotoji Mukui (Fujio Harumoto) employ Mukui's younger sister Fukiko as a fake employee at the bank and plan to make her disappear when the real woman appears again and blame the crime on her.

When she contacts Mukui about the crime, she finds him dead and Fukiko pulls a gun on her. She contacts the policeman who was fired, who is now a private detective.

Staff

The art director was Tomoo Shimogawara.

Cast

Machiko Kyō as Nagako Kita
Eiji Funakoshi as Koisuke Sengi
So Yamamura as Keikichi Shirasu
Kenji Sugawara as police Sarumaru
Jun Hamamura as taxi driver
Fujio Harumoto as Sotoji Mikui
Sumiko Hidaka as Takeko Nakamura
Shintarō Ishihara as writer
Ryuichi Ishii as Shuta Torigai
Yasuko Kawakami as Fukiko Mukui
Tanie Kitabayashi as Suga Akabane
Bontarō Miyake as chief editor Oya
Mantarō Ushio as Sahei

References

"穴". KOTOBANK. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
"穴". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
"穴". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
"穴". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
"穴". 映画ウオッチ. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
Full cast and crew for Ana. IMDb, accessed 13 May 2009.

v t e Films directed by Kon Ichikawa
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (1947) The Heart (1955) The Burmese Harp (1956) The Hole (1957) Conflagration (1958) Odd Obsession (1959) Fires on the Plain (1959) A Woman's Testament (1960) Her Brother (1960) Ten Dark Women (1961) Being Two Isn't Easy (1962) An Actor's Revenge (1963) Alone Across the Pacific (1963) Tokyo Olympiad (1965) Topo Gigio and the Missile War (1967) To Love Again (1971) The Wanderers (1973) Visions of Eight (1973) The Inugami Family (1976) Queen Bee (1978) Phoenix (1978) The House of Hanging (1979) Ancient City (1980) Lonely Heart (1981) The Makioka Sisters (1983) Ohan (1984) The Burmese Harp (1985) Princess from the Moon (1987) The Return of Monjirō Kogarashi (1993) 47 Ronin (1994) Dora-heita (2000) The Inugamis (2006)

Films directed by Kon Ichikawa

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (1947)
The Heart (1955)
The Burmese Harp (1956)
The Hole (1957)
Conflagration (1958)
Odd Obsession (1959)
Fires on the Plain (1959)
A Woman's Testament (1960)
Her Brother (1960)
Ten Dark Women (1961)
Being Two Isn't Easy (1962)
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
Alone Across the Pacific (1963)
Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Topo Gigio and the Missile War (1967)
To Love Again (1971)
The Wanderers (1973)
Visions of Eight (1973)
The Inugami Family (1976)
Queen Bee (1978)
Phoenix (1978)
The House of Hanging (1979)
Ancient City (1980)
Lonely Heart (1981)
The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Ohan (1984)
The Burmese Harp (1985)
Princess from the Moon (1987)
The Return of Monjirō Kogarashi (1993)
47 Ronin (1994)
Dora-heita (2000)
The Inugamis (2006)

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