Asphalt Jungle

Japanese: アスファルト・ジャングル(英語表記)Asphalt Jungle
Asphalt Jungle
A classic post-World War II American crime film made in 1950. It also has the alternative title "While the City Sleeps." Director John Huston, who specialized in films that dealt with men's ambitions and failures, depicted the drama of a group of men who come together to plan a safe-cracking scheme to steal a million-dollar jewel in a "hard-boiled" style, and this film marked the beginning of the "heist film" or "group robbery film" that would later become established as a film genre ("The Battle of Men" 1955, "The League of Gentlemen" 1960, "The Righteous" 1970, etc.).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
第2次世界大戦後のアメリカの犯罪映画の名作。1950年製作。“While the City Sleeps”という別題がある。男たちの野望と挫折をテーマとした映画を得意とするジョン・ヒューストン監督が,100万ドルの宝石をねらう金庫破りの計画に集まった男たちのドラマを〈ハードボイルド・タッチ〉で描き,その後一つの映画ジャンルとして定着する〈泥棒映画〉,あるいは〈集団強盗映画〉(《男の争い》1955,《紳士同盟》1960,《仁義》1970,など)のはしりとなった。

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