Eight Hours of Terror
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Eight Hours of Terror (Hachijikan no kyôfu) (1957, Japan) is an Action-Crime film directed by Seijun Suzuki.
- Featured in: Seijun Suzuki: The Early Years Vol. 2 (BluRay)
Main Details
- Released on March 8, 1957
- B&W
- Running time: 78 minutes
- Production and Distribution Co.: Nikkatsu
- Directed by Seijun Suzuki
- Written by Gorô Tanada and Rokurô Tsukiji (screenplay), Kôichi Saitô (idea)
- Starring: Nobuo Kaneko, Harue Tone, Sumiko Minami
Plot Summary
- A passenger train is stalled when a typhoon wrecks the tracks. The commuters are offloaded onto a shuttle bus, which is then taken over by a pair of sadistic gangsters.
