A Legend or Was It? (死闘の伝説, Shitō no densetsu), also known as Legend of a Duel to the Death, is a 1963 Japanese drama film written and directed by Keisuke Kinoshita.[1][2][3]

A Legend or Was It?
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Kanji死闘の伝説
Directed byKeisuke Kinoshita
Written byKeisuke Kinoshita
Produced by
  • Masao Shirai
  • Keisuke Kinoshita
Starring
CinematographyHiroyuki Kusuda
Edited byYoshi Sugihara
Music byChūji Kinoshita
Production
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Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • 11 August 1963 (1963-08-11) (Japan)[2][3]
Running time
83
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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Legacy

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A Legend or Was It? was screened at the 2012 Filmex as part of its retrospective on Keisuke Kinoshita,[4] and at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2013 in the "Forum" section.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "【作品データベース】死闘の伝説". Shochiku (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "死闘の伝説". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b "死闘の伝説". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  4. ^ Mes, Tom (14 January 2013). "A Legend or Was It?". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Shito no densetsu". Berlinale.de. 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
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