The Woman with Red Hair (1979)
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.
- Released
- 1979-02-17
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 73 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Tatsumi Kumashiro, Haruhiko Arai
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 from 18 votes
Cast
- Junko Miyashita as Woman with Red Hair
- Renji Ishibashi as Kozo
- Аko as Kazuko
- Miyako Yamaguchi as Haruko
- Hatsuo Yamaya as Kozo's Sister's Boyfriend
- Noboru Mitani as Alcoholic Man
- Kai Ato as Takao
- Moeko Ezawa as Kozo's Sister
- Yoko Ishido as Meth-Addicted Woman
- Akira Takahashi as Company President
- Ryoichi Sato as Laborer
- Saburō Shōji as Meth-Addicted Woman's Husband