Drama · Japan · 1947 · 1h 23m

The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant

象を喰った連中

The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant poster
Director
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Cast
Chishū Ryū as Shinichi Himori as Yasumi Hara as Tōru Abe as Takashi Kanda as Chieko Murata as
Crew
Ryōsuke Saitō — Screenplay Kōzaburō Yoshimura — Screenplay Tadao Ikeda — Screenplay Motoji Kojima — Production Design
Synopsis

The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men ate an elephant that died in a zoo. The elephant's corpse however, was infested with deadly bacteria and the men have only 30 hours left to live...

Key Collaborators
Kōzaburō Yoshimura Director Ryōsuke Saitō Screenplay Kōzaburō Yoshimura Screenplay Tadao Ikeda Screenplay Motoji Kojima Production Design
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