The Woman with Red Hair

1h 13m
Drama
6

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.

Cast

Junko Miyashita
Woman with Red Hair
Renji Ishibashi
Kozo
Ако
Kazuko
Moeko Ezawa
Kozo's Sister
Noboru Mitani
Alcoholic Man
Miyako Yamaguchi
Haruko
Hatsuo Yamaya
Kozo's Sister's Lover
Kai Ato
Takao
Akira Takahashi
President
Yoko Ishido
Woman in Shabu
Saburō Shōji
Husband
Ryoichi Sato
Worker

Crew

Tatsumi Kumashiro
Director
Haruhiko Arai
Screenplay
Akira Suzuki
Editor
Yonezō Maeda
Director of Photography
Yasuaki Uegaki
Assistant Director
Akira Miura
Producer
Fumio Hashimoto
Sound Recordist
Haruo Kawashima
Lighting Director
Yukadan
Original Music Composer
Kenji Nakagami
Original Story
Kazuo Yagyu
Art Direction

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