The Precipice (1958)
氷壁
Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause of the death, then discover that the cut rope was made in the factory for which Uozu’s brother works.
- Date of release
- 1958-03-18
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Director
- Yasuzō Masumura
Casting
- Kenji Sugawara
- Fujiko Yamamoto
- Hitomi Nozoe
- Keizō Kawasaki
- Kyū Sazanka
- Ken Uehara
- Atsuko Kindaichi
- Kumeko Urabe
- Kōichi Itō
- Kanji Kawara
- Kenji Oyama
- Koh Sugita
Interesting facts
Hyōheki is a 1956 Japanese novel by Yasushi Inoue. It was awarded the prize of the Japan Art Academy in 1959.
Background and publication history
Inoue's novel, which was based on a true mountaineering accident that took place at Takidani mountain (part of the Chūgoku mountain range) in 1955, was serialised in the Asahi Shimbun between November 1956 and August 1957. A publication in book form followed in October 1957 and became a best seller.
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