The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
1947, Japanese. Directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura.
The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men ate an elephant that died in a zoo. The elephant's corpse however, was infested with deadly bacteria and the men have only 30 hours left to live...
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 1 April 1947
- Original title
- 象を喰った連中
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Tadao Ikeda, Ryōsuke Saitō, Kōzaburō Yoshimura
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The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant runs 83 minutes (1h 23m).
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The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 April 1947. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant?
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant (1947) was directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura and stars Chishū Ryū, Shinichi Himori, Yasumi Hara.