The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.
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Cast
11 people
Ayako Wakao
Mitsuko Tokumitsu
Known for
Street of Shame
Floating Weeds
Kyôko Kishida
Sonoko Kakiuchi
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
The Face of Another
Eiji Funakoshi
Kotaro Kakiuchi
Known for
Gamera, the Giant Monster
Fires on the Plain
Yūsuke Kawazu
Eijiro Watanuki
Known for
Cruel Story of Youth
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Kyū Sazanka
Principal
Known for
Yojimbo
The Bad Sleep Well
Ken Mitsuda
Novelist
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
The Ballad of Narayama
Fumiko Murata
Ume
Also in
Gamera, the Giant Monster
A Wife Confesses
Reiko Hibiki
Haru
Also in
Black Test Car
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Kyoko Nagumo
Kiyo
Also in
I'll Cry Alone
The Story of a Blind Woman
Kuniko Tomita
Yūzō Hayakawa
Known for
Gamera vs. Barugon
Yasuzō Masumura Director · Kaneto Shindō Screenplay Junichirō Tanizaki Author
United States release May 4, 2002 · Produced in Japan · Production Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Production
Daiei Film
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Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
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Japan
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Original title
卍(まんじ)
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 25, 1964
Theatrical
United States · May 4, 2002
Physical · DVD
France
September 27, 2026 · Digital · (4K digitally restored version) France.tv
September 27, 2026 · TV · (4K digitally restored version) France 3
September 30, 2026 · TV · (4K digitally restored version) France 4
Japan
February 28, 2020 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray
United Kingdom
March 1, 1967 · Limited theatrical
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