Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Screenplay by Takeshi Kimura Story by Jojiro Okami Based on An adaptation by Shigeru Kayama Starring Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Takashi Shimura Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Edited by Hiroichi Iwashita Release date 28 December 1957 (Japan) Running time 89 minutes Box office $975,000