The Woman with Red Hair (1979)

6.0/10 73 min Drama

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.

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

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