The Phantom Horse (幻の馬, Maboroshi no uma) is a 1955 color (Eastmancolor) Japanese drama film directed by Koji Shima. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

The Phantom Horse
Film poster
Directed byKoji Shima
Written byHiroaki Fujii
Kimiyuki Hasegawa
Koji Shima
Produced byMasaichi Nagata
Kazuo Tsukaguchi
StarringBontarô Miyake
CinematographyMichio Takahashi
Release date
  • 20 July 1955 (1955-07-20)[1]
Running time
90 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The movie is loosely based on the life of Tokino Minoru, a race horse whose life was cut short not long after winning the Tokyo Yushun and was owned by Masaichi Nagata.[3]

Cast edit

  • Bontarō Miyake as Yasuke Shiraishi
  • Ayako Wakao as Yuki Shiraishi
  • Yukihiro Iwatare as Jiro Shiraishi
  • Yoshiro Kitahara as Toki Onoshi
  • Koreya Senda as Hamamura
  • Eijirō Yanagi as Hyogoro Onishi
  • Akihiko Yusa as Ichiro Shiraishi

References edit

  1. ^ (in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1955/ce002600.htm accessed 10 February 2009
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Phantom Horse". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
  3. ^ "幻の馬". Kadokawa Pictures. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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