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I Am Waiting is a 1957 black-and-white Japanese film drama directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara. "I Am Waiting" was part of the Nikkatsu film studio's wave of Japanese noir films, in order to compete with popular American and French films in Japanese box offices. This film was made available in North America when Janus Films released a special set of Nikkatsu Noir films as part of the Criterion Collection. These films include Rusty Knife, Take Aim at the Police Van, Cruel Gun Story and A Colt Is My Passport.
Original Release
10/20/1957
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Yûjirô Ishihara | Jôji Shimaki |
| Mie Kitahara | Saeko / Reiko |
| Isamu Kosugi | Uchiyama |
| Kenjiro Uemura | Police detective |
| Hideaki Nitani | Shibata - Shibata elder / Shibata elder |
| Ken Hatano | Shibata - Younger |
| Kôjirô Kusanagi | Takeda |
| Ayuko Fujishiro | Ruriko |
| Tomio Aoki | Shibata's henchman |
| Nobuo Kawakami | Eizo |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Yûjirô Ishihara | Jôji Shimaki |
| Mie Kitahara | Saeko / Reiko |
| Isamu Kosugi | Uchiyama |
| Kenjiro Uemura | Police detective |
| Hideaki Nitani | Shibata - Shibata elder / Shibata elder |
| Ken Hatano | Shibata - Younger |
| Kôjirô Kusanagi | Takeda |
| Ayuko Fujishiro | Ruriko |
| Tomio Aoki | Shibata's henchman |
| Nobuo Kawakami | Eizo |
| Jun Miyazaki | Kawakami Kazuya's older brother |
| Kenji Kawai | Shimaki's older brother |
| Shôki Fukae | Shibata's henchman E |
| Jôji Eihara | |
| Hyôe Enoki | Shibata's henchman B |
| Akinori Hanamura | (as Kazuo Mihara) |
| Gô Kuroda | |
| Kenji Mizutani | Post office clerk B |
| Tôru Sumikawa | |
| Shirô Yanase | Man B |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Takiko Mizunoe | Producer |
