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The Woman with Red Hair

Original title: Akai kami no onna
  • 1979
  • 1h 13m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
332
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The Woman with Red Hair (1979)
ComedyDrama

At his working place, Kozo and his colleague gangrape the boss' teenage daughter. Then, on the highway, he picks up a red-haired woman walking on the road back to his home. She ends up stayi... Read allAt his working place, Kozo and his colleague gangrape the boss' teenage daughter. Then, on the highway, he picks up a red-haired woman walking on the road back to his home. She ends up staying the night. Later, the woman reveals that she has left her husband and son, but refuses ... Read allAt his working place, Kozo and his colleague gangrape the boss' teenage daughter. Then, on the highway, he picks up a red-haired woman walking on the road back to his home. She ends up staying the night. Later, the woman reveals that she has left her husband and son, but refuses to divulge her name. On the other hand, the boss' daughter informs Kozo's colleague that s... Read all

  • Director
    • Tatsumi Kumashiro
  • Writers
    • Haruhiko Arai
    • Kenji Nakagami
  • Stars
    • Junko Miyashita
    • Renji Ishibashi
    • Ako
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    332
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tatsumi Kumashiro
    • Writers
      • Haruhiko Arai
      • Kenji Nakagami
    • Stars
      • Junko Miyashita
      • Renji Ishibashi
      • Ako
    • 2User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Junko Miyashita
    • Woman with red hair
    Renji Ishibashi
    Renji Ishibashi
    • Kozo
    Ako
    • Kazuko
    Moeko Ezawa
    • Kozo's siter
    Noboru Mitani
    Noboru Mitani
    • Alcoholic man
    Miyako Yamaguchi
    • Haruko
    Hatsuo Yamaya
    Hatsuo Yamaya
    • Kozo's siter's lover
    Kai Atô
    • Takao
    Akira Takahashi
    • Director
      • Tatsumi Kumashiro
    • Writers
      • Haruhiko Arai
      • Kenji Nakagami
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    9josephbleazard

    The wong kar wai of pinku eiga

    This is the most under-rated movie on IMDb in terms of avg score rating. This is a sophisticated softcore counterpart to "ai no corrida" yet surpasses that film. This film is only an incredibly short 73 minutes long but says almost everything it set out to about the concrete nature of romance in a homosocial and cruel world. This is a realist and working class reclamation of the "passion beyond reason" genre. There are hints of death and perversion amidst dialogue of surpassing clarity. The long shots and absurdity remind me of Tsai Mian Liang. Maybe a dark sense of humour runs through this film, maybe actions in 1970s japan will always be funny to us because of cultural difference, however I belly laughed whilst watching this film but was also deeply moved. Beware, unless you are acquainted with Japanese 1970s pink movies the male leads will be so unsympathetic that you will have no appreciation for their difficulties. Beware also if you are a pinky violence collector only interested in the sex, it is deliberately reduced to clinical joint masturbation and this is a strangely unsexy movie. For everybody else, enjoy, this is profound, moving, funny, well observed, gritty, funny and most of all passionate.

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    • Release date
      • February 17, 1979 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • 빨간 머리 여자
    • Production company
      • Nikkatsu
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 13 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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