# Eight Hours of Terror > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eight_Hours_of_Terror > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eight_Hours_of_Terror.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Hours_of_Terror > Source revision: 1346191969 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Eight Hours of Terror" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. You can help. The talk page may contain suggestions. (July 2020) This article needs a plot summary. Please add one in your own words. (July 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 1957 Japanese film Eight Hours of Terror Japanese movie poster Directed by Seijun Suzuki Written by Yanagita Gorō[2] Tsukiji Rokurō[2] Produced by Asada Kenzō[2] Cinematography Nagatsuka Kazue [ja][2] Edited by Suzuki Akira[2] Music by Takio Niki Production company Nikkatsu Distributed by Nikkatsu Release date March 8, 1957 (1957-03-08) (Japan)[1] Running time 78 minutes[2] Country Japan Language Japanese ***Eight Hours of Terror*** ([Japanese](/source/Japanese_language): ８時間の恐怖, [Hepburn](/source/Hepburn_romanization): *Hachijikan no kyōfu*) is a 1957 black-and-white [Japanese film](/source/Cinema_of_Japan) directed by [Seijun Suzuki](/source/Seijun_Suzuki). It is a [thriller film](/source/Thriller_film) with [gangster film](/source/Gangster_film) elements, based partly on John Ford's *[Stagecoach](/source/Stagecoach_(1939_film))*. ## Cast - [Fukami Taizō](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fukami_Taiz%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B7%B1%E8%A6%8B%E6%B3%B0%E4%B8%89)][2] - Misuzu Eiko[2] - Shima Keiko[2] - Nakahara Keishichi[2] - [Nitani Hideak](/source/Hideaki_Nitani)[2] - Kazuki Minako[2] - Minami Sumiko[2] - [Kondō Hiroshi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kond%C5%8D_Hiroshi&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BF%91%E8%97%A4%E5%AE%8F)][2] - [Tone Harue](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tone_Harue&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%88%A9%E6%A0%B9%E3%81%AF%E3%82%8B%E6%81%B5)][2] - [Kaneko Nobuo](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaneko_Nobuo&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E5%AD%90%E4%BF%A1%E9%9B%84)][2] - Fukuda Fumiko[2] - [Hisako Hara](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hisako_Hara&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Shima Keiko](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shima_Keiko&action=edit&redlink=1) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** (in Japanese) [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1957/cg001000.htm](http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1957/cg001000.htm) accessed 29 January 2009 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Carroll_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Carroll_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Carroll_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Carroll_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Carroll_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Carroll_2-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-Carroll_2-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-Carroll_2-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-Carroll_2-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-Carroll_2-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-Carroll_2-10) [***l***](#cite_ref-Carroll_2-11) [***m***](#cite_ref-Carroll_2-12) [***n***](#cite_ref-Carroll_2-13) [***o***](#cite_ref-Carroll_2-14) [***p***](#cite_ref-Carroll_2-15) [***q***](#cite_ref-Carroll_2-16) Carroll, William (2022). *Suzuki Seijun and Postwar Japanese Cinema*. New York City, United States: [Columbia University Press](/source/Columbia_University_Press). pp. 162–163. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0231204378](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0231204378). ## External links - [*Eight Hours of Terror*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050476/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Seijun Suzuki Victory Is Mine Eight Hours of Terror The Naked Woman and the Gun Underworld Beauty Young Breasts Voice Without a Shadow Take Aim at the Police Van Everything Goes Wrong Go to Hell, Hoodlums! Man with a Shotgun Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! 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