Intentions of Murder (1964)
Akai satsui
150 min
The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life.
- Release date
- June 28, 1964
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Toshirō Mayuzumi
Where to watch
Subscription
Criterion Channel
Trailer
Cast
- Masumi Harukawa as Sadako Takahashi
- Kō Nishimura as Koichi Takahashi
- Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Hiraoko
- Yûko Kusunoki as Yoshiko Masuda
- Ranko Akagi as Tadae Takahashi
- Bumon Kahara as Pawnshop's Husband
- Yoshi Katô as Seizo Takahashi
- Tanie Kitabayashi as Kinu Takahashi
- Fumie Kitahara as Hisako Karihara
- Kazuo Kitamura as Seiichiro Takahashi
- Yoshie Kitsuda as Namie Takahashi
- Hiroshi Kondō as Nitta
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Genji Miyata
- Shōichi Ozawa as Kazuyuki Tamaru
- Ryūsei Itō as Guitarist
- Taiji Tonoyama as Beret Musician
- Tomio Aoki as Neighbor
- Terue Shigemori as Neighbor
- Chigusa Takayama as Neighbor
- Sakutarō Yamakawa as Neighbor
- Hyōe Enoki
- Sumio Takatsu
- Hamasuke Hisamatsu
- Haruo Itoga as Yasuo Tamura
Crew
- Shōhei Imamura · Director
- Shinji Fujiwara · Writer
- Keiji Hasebe · Writer
- Shōhei Imamura · Writer
- Jirô Tomoda · Producer
- Toshirō Mayuzumi · Composer
- Shinsaku Himeda · Cinematographer
- Mutsuo Tanji · Editor