Dangerous Liaisons (1978)
Original title: 危険な関係
Dangerous Liaisons is a 1978 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Toshiya Fujita, with a running time of 1h 37m. It stars Masayo Utsunomiya, Yoichi Miura and Yūko Katagiri.
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 18th-century epistolary novel 'Les Liaisons dangereuses' is adapted to a contemporary setting. An abominable and burning jealousy and an evil relationship between a man and a woman unfold in the nature of a game. Eventually, jealousy will deeply hurt the true love of a chaste married woman.
Cast
- Masayo Utsunomiya as Ayako Watase
- Yoichi Miura as Yûji Samukawa
- Yūko Katagiri as Yoshiko Kamimori
- Yuki Nohira as Yuriko Miyakawa
- Yūsuke Kazato as Tatsuo Katô
- Yoshie Minami as Chiyoko Asakura
- Akemi Negishi as Masae Miyakawa
- Jun Aki as Sakiko
- Rika Hamamura as Akiko
- Hirokazu Inoue as Kitabayashi
- Akira Takahashi as Ashihara
- Chigusa Takayama as Okiyo