The Woman with Red Hair (1979)

  • NR
  • 02/17/1979 (JP)
  • Drama
  • 1h 13m

Overview

Junko Miyashita plays a mysterious hitchhiker picked up by a brute of a construction worker named Kenzo who takes her back to his run-down and cramped apartment in a not so good part of town. Claiming that she is running away from an abusive husband, she shacks up with him. In a futile attempt to escape the bleak working class surroundings, the pair engage in an obsessive erotic relationship.

Tatsumi Kumashiro

Director

Haruhiko Arai

Screenplay

Cast

Junko Miyashita's headshot

Junko Miyashita

Woman with Red Hair
Renji Ishibashi's headshot

Renji Ishibashi

Kozo
Ako's headshot

Ako

Kazuko
Moeko Ezawa's headshot

Moeko Ezawa

Kozo's Sister
Noboru Mitani's headshot

Noboru Mitani

Alcoholic Man
Miyako Yamaguchi's headshot

Miyako Yamaguchi

Haruko
Hatsuo Yamaya's headshot

Hatsuo Yamaya

Kozo's Sister's Lover
Kai Ato's headshot

Kai Ato

Takao

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