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Pitfall (1962) | Ranked Top 21% · CriticCrunch

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Pitfall

Movie1962·97 min

Pitfall

Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara

Mystery Fantasy Crime

A mystery fantasy film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 21%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.3/10

113 ratings

About Pitfall

A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost souls.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Mind-bending (9 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Unsettling, Contemplative
Story Tags: isolation loneliness, fate destiny, social injustice, mid century, supernatural, small town, wilderness, parent child, everyman, outsider misfit, dream surreal, mystery disappearance, ghost haunting

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Details

Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Language: Japanese

Cast

Hisashi Igawa, Sumie Sasaki, Sen Yano

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How Pitfall Ranks

All movies

Top 21%

1960s movies

Top 39%

Mystery movies

Top 15%

★Hiroshi Teshigahara films#3 of 3

Top 21% All movies.

the vibe

Pitfall Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkintensemind-bendingseriouspersonalhauntingunsettling

contemplative

What it's about

dream surrealmystery disappearanceisolation lonelinessfate destinysocial injusticeeverymanoutsider misfitparent childsupernaturalhauntingsmall townwildernessmid-century

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

mind-bending 9/9complex 9/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

unsettlinguneasy