Poster of Praying Mantis

Praying Mantis

Plot: A man and a woman drift ashore after a typhoon. The man, dead, is an escaped perpetrator, and the woman, alive, is a hairdresser Masako
Release Date: Friday, April 8 1983
42 years ago
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Cast

Portrait of Midori SatsukiMidori Satsuki. Midori Satsuki was 43 in Praying Mantis as 'Masako Fujimura'.
Birthday: Sat, Oct 21 1939
Portrait of Ryô HayamiRyô Hayami. Ryô Hayami was 33 in Praying Mantis as 'Takayuki Shimazaki'.
Birthday: Mon, Nov 14 1949
Portrait of Mako ToyodaMako Toyoda. Mako Toyoda was >> in Praying Mantis as 'Kaoru Ibuki'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Etsuko NamiEtsuko Nami. Etsuko Nami was 32 in Praying Mantis
Birthday: Wed, Dec 27 1950
Portrait of Akiko HyûgaAkiko Hyûga. Akiko Hyûga was 28 in Praying Mantis as 'Masako's mother'.
Birthday: Wed, Mar 02 1955 –
Died: Sat, Mar 05 2011
Portrait of Kazuko ShirakawaKazuko Shirakawa. Kazuko Shirakawa was 35 in Praying Mantis as 'Mrs. Matsumiya'.
Birthday: Tue, Sep 30 1947
Portrait of Isamu NagatoIsamu Nagato. Isamu Nagato was 51 in Praying Mantis as 'Rokusuke Kobayashi'.
Birthday: Fri, Jan 01 1932 –
Died: Tue, Jun 04 2013
Portrait of Tatsuya NanjoTatsuya Nanjo. Tatsuya Nanjo was 34 in Praying Mantis as 'Kazuo Ibuki'.
Birthday: Mon, Sep 20 1948
Portrait of Munemaru KôdaMunemaru Kôda. Munemaru Kôda was 62 in Praying Mantis as 'Tachibana'.
Birthday: Sun, May 30 1920 –
Died: Thu, Jul 09 1998
Portrait of Hiroshi KobayashiHiroshi Kobayashi. Hiroshi Kobayashi was 23 in Praying Mantis
Birthday: Mon, Dec 21 1959
Portrait of Makoto ShimotsukaMakoto Shimotsuka. Makoto Shimotsuka was 29 in Praying Mantis as 'Shingo Hashimoto'.
Birthday: Sat, Sep 05 1953 –
Died: Sat, Jul 07 2018
Portrait of Shinzō HottaShinzō Hotta. Shinzō Hotta was 37 in Praying Mantis
Birthday: Sat, Oct 20 1945
Portrait of Hirohisa NakataHirohisa Nakata. Hirohisa Nakata was 40 in Praying Mantis as 'Osanai'.
Birthday: Tue, Mar 09 1943
Portrait of Yoshio HayashiYoshio Hayashi. Yoshio Hayashi was >> in Praying Mantis as 'Announcer'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Kay IshiguroKay Ishiguro. Kay Ishiguro was >> in Praying Mantis as 'Singer'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Eiji OkadaEiji Okada. Eiji Okada was 62 in Praying Mantis as 'Taichi Dôjima'.
Birthday: Sun, Jun 13 1920 –
Died: Thu, Sep 14 1995

Crew

Portrait of Shunichi KajimaShunichi Kajima. Shunichi Kajima was 39 in Praying Mantis as 'Director, Screenplay'
Birthday: Sun, Jan 02 1944
Portrait of Masahiro OkumuraMasahiro Okumura. Masahiro Okumura was >> in Praying Mantis as 'Director of Photography'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Makoto NaitoMakoto Naito. Makoto Naito was 47 in Praying Mantis as 'Screenplay'
Birthday: Fri, Mar 06 1936
Portrait of Shunsuke KikuchiShunsuke Kikuchi. Shunsuke Kikuchi was 51 in Praying Mantis as 'Original Music Composer'
Birthday: Sun, Nov 01 1931 –
Died: Sat, Apr 24 2021
Portrait of Tsutomu ImamuraTsutomu Imamura. Tsutomu Imamura was >> in Praying Mantis as 'Art Direction'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday