The Woman with Red Hair (1979)
Original title: 赫い髪の女
The Woman with Red Hair is a 1979 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro, with a running time of 1h 13m. It stars Junko Miyashita, Renji Ishibashi and Ако.
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 as Woman with Red Hair
- Renji Ishibashi as Kozo
- Ако as Kazuko
- Moeko Ezawa as Kozo's Sister
- Noboru Mitani as Alcoholic Man
- Miyako Yamaguchi as Haruko
- Hatsuo Yamaya as Kozo's Sister's Lover
- Kai Ato as Takao
- Akira Takahashi as President
- Yoko Ishido as Woman in Shabu
- Saburō Shōji as Husband
- Ryoichi Sato as Worker