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Wikipedia article




is a 1961 Japanese mystery film directed by Yoshitaro Nomura and is based on a novel by Seicho Matsumoto.

Plot



One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, ad agency manager Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip to Kanazawa and doesn't return. With a pair of old photographs she found among his belongings, Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, first with the help of her husband's employer, later on her own. After a series of mysterious deaths, including a reception girl of the agency's Kanazawa branch, who turns out to be Kenichi's common law wife, and Kenichi's alleged suicide, all clues lead to Sachiko Murota, wife of a wealthy business partner of her husband. Teiko confronts Mrs. Murota and blames her for murdering Kenichi and everyone who knew of her past as a prostitute in the post-war era. Yet, as Mrs. Murota's confession reveals, the truth is even more complex than that.

Cast



* Yoshiko Kuga as Teiko Uhara

* Hizuru Takachiho as Sachiko Murota / Emmy

* Ineko Arima as Hisako Tanuma

* Koji Nambara as Kenichi Uhara

* K Nishimura as Sotaro Uhara

* Yoshi Kat as Mr. Murota

* Sadako Sawamura as Sotaro's wife

* Takanobu Hozumi as Mr. Honda

Awards



*1961 Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress (Hizuru Takachiho)

Legacy



Seicho Matsumoto's novel was again adapted in 2009 by Isshin Inud with Ryko Hirosue as Teiko Uhara.

References




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