The Night of the Hunter
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1955 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Charles Laughton |
| Cast | Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce |
| Genre | Thriller |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | The Night of the Hunter | – |
| Español | La noche del cazador | La noche del cazador |
| Français | La Nuit du chasseur | La Nuit du chasseur |
| Deutsch | Die Nacht des Jägers | Die Nacht des Jägers |
| Português | O Mensageiro do Diabo | O Mensageiro do Diabo |
| Italiano | La morte corre sul fiume | La morte corre sul fiume |
| Русский | Ночь охотника | Noch okhotnika |
| 中文（简体） | 猎人之夜 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 獵人之夜 | – |
| 한국어 | 사냥꾼의 밤 | Sanyangkkun-ui bam |
| ไทย | – | – |
| Tiếng Việt | Đêm của thợ săn | Dem cua tho san |
| Bahasa Indonesia | – | – |
| 日本語 | 狩人の夜 | Karyūdo no yoru |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which predatory false piety and endangered innocence collide within a moral landscape of childhood fear.
■ Synopsis
A murderous preacher pursues two children who carry the secret of stolen money.
■ RECIPE Tags
#FalsePiety #PredatoryEvil #ChildhoodInnocence #MoralGuardianship #SacredMask
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Evil wearing a sacred mask
Reason: The threat enters the family through religious language and moral performance.
Related Film: Cape Fear - Middle: Children as bearers of hidden truth
Reason: The children hold what the adult predator seeks, making innocence the target of corruption.
Related Film: Pan’s Labyrinth - Core: Protective goodness against charismatic evil
Reason: The final structure opposes predatory spiritual fraud with grounded moral guardianship.
Related Film: To Kill a Mockingbird
■ Secondary Axes
- Domestic sanctuary under siege: The home becomes a contested boundary between shelter and invasion.
Related Film: Shadow of a Doubt - Fairy-tale nightmare: Childhood perception transforms social danger into symbolic darkness.
Related Film: The Spirit of the Beehive
■ Person
- Director: Charles Laughton
- Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce
■ Structural Tags
#MaskedPredation #InnocenceProtection #SanctuaryInvasion
■ Attribute Tags
#AmericanFilm #1955Film #ThrillerFilm
