Synopsis
Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns down their home to start anew. She is soon entangled in the dark web of an influential, elderly power broker, becoming his mistress and a pawn in his political schemes. As she descends further into a downward spiral of moral decay, Tamiko realizes that the freedom she sought is merely a new form of entrapment.
Ratings
IMDb5.1/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Eizō SugawaScreenplay
- Yoshio ShirasakaScreenplay
- Eizō SugawaDirector
- Tōru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Junko IkeuchiTamiko Narisawa
- Keiju KobayashiDetective Hisatsune
- Yūnosuke ItōCast
- Eitarō OzawaKôta Kitô
- Ryō IkebeShôjirô Kotaki
- Susumu KurobeCast
- Tadao NakamaruDetective Sawa
- Yoshio TsuchiyaKatsuragi
- Bin MoritsukaCast
- Yoshio InabaCast
- Michiko OtsukaCast
- Takamaru SasakiDietman Okamura
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Themes
based on novel or bookarsonpolice detectivefixerjapanese politicssystemic corruptionjapanese society