Masumura takes on the intricacies of love in his acclaimed film MANJI. Based on a novel by famed author TANIZAKI Junichiro, a passionate illicit affair is sparked when a wealthy and dissatisfied housewife Sonoko seduces a young beautiful girl Mitsuko she meets at an art school. The affair turns into a violent and complicated foursome when Sonoko’s husband, Kotaro and Mitsuko’s impotent lover, Eijiro, become entangled. The four are drawn into a web of desire, deceit, blackmail, blood oaths and suicide pacts.
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MANJI
1964, Japan, 90 min, Colour, 35mm, R21
Directed by MASUMURA Yasuzo
Cast: WAKAO Ayako, KISHIDA Kyoko, FUNAKOSHI Eiji

Distribution: DAIEI, Print Courtesy of The Japan Foundation

SCREENING · 27 Aug Thu 7.30pm

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