The read
A Balasaur Score of 60 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6/10. The highest scoring of the 5 titles in its series. It runs a compact 1h 6m.
Synopsis
A teacher, Sakiko Kurata, receives a phone call regarding one of her former students. Young Sueko is accused of being a prostitute and has requested Sakiko’s help. This minx seduces random strangers for sex, but does not ask for payment. Sakiko has moved to another town and barely remembers Sueko, but there’s something about her that awakens painful memories of her own secretive past. What is that strange paint thinner smell on Sueko? Who is the man in the nylon ski mask that violently assaulted Sakiko many years ago? In her search for answers, Sakiko discovers that her past may have inadvertently destroyed another family’s future.
Ratings
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Kichitaro NegishiDirector
- Yōzō TanakaScreenplay
- Hachirō KaiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Yuki KazamatsuriSakiko Kurata
- Eri KanumaMotoko Nomoto
- Ayako OtaSueko Nomoto
- Noboru MitaniSuekichi Nomoto
- Hiroko FujiSachi Nomoto
- Tatsuya HamaguchiItô
- Akira HanaueCast
- Hidetoshi KageyamaEndô
- Ichiro KijimaSugihara
- Toshiyuki KitamiMitsui
- Yûsuke KoikeOzawa
- Akira HanaueEijirô Bandô
