A Legend or Was It?

Autumn frost on the train platform. A family’s single trunk labeled in faded kanji. Two siblings glare through a lattice window as their sister’s kimono sash tightens in the village leader’s house. A quiet village thriller that stops just short of accusation.

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Keisuke Kinoshita directed A Legend or Was It? in 1963. See Keisuke Kinoshita's full filmography, where to start with Keisuke Kinoshita, or where to go after you've seen everything by Keisuke Kinoshita.

A Legend or Was It? was released in 1963 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 83 minutes.