Japan / Sep 05, 1965
A lone woman trapped in an abyss of avarice and lust!
2h 20min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns down their home to start anew. She is soon entangled in the dark web of an influential, elderly power broker, becoming his mistress and a pawn in his political schemes. As she descends further into a downward spiral of moral decay, Tamiko realizes that the freedom she sought is merely a new form of entrapment.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Yoshio Tsuchiya | Katsuragi |
| Bin Moritsuka | |
| Yoshio Inaba | |
| Michiko Otsuka | |
| Takamaru Sasaki | Dietman Okamura |
| Koreya Senda | |
| Noriko Sengoku | |
| Kiyoko Hirai | |
| Kin Sugai | Oseki |
| Shin Tatsuoka | |
| Kenzō Tabu | |
| Gen Shimizu | |
| Hirayoshi Aono | |
| Akira Tani | |
| Tōru Ibuki | Young man 1 |
| Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | |
| Shigeki Ishida | Sakai |
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| Hōsei Komatsu | |
| Sen Yano | Koizumi |
| Someshō Matsumoto | |
| Masahiko Arima | Takamori |
| Katsumi Tezuka | Fukami |
| Hideo Shibuya | |
| Kenzo Echigo | |
| Akio Kusama | |
| Seiji Ikeda | Asanuma |
| Hiroaki Kurahashi | |
| Kyoko Mori | |
| Midori Chigusa | |
| Yoshiko Miyata | Katsuyo Hisatsune |
| Toriko Takahara | (uncredited) |
| Keiichirō Katsumoto | (uncredited) |
| Yukihiko Gondō | Young man 2 (uncredited) |
| Shin Ibuki | Worker A (uncredited) |
| Ichirō Shōji | Worker B (uncredited) |
| Wataru Ōmae | Hotel bartender (uncredited) |
| Minoru Itō | Detective A (uncredited) |
| Haruo Suzuki | Detective B (uncredited) |
| Kamayuki Tsubono | Plainclothes policeman (uncredited) |
| Yōko Yano | Kito's maid A (uncredited) |
| Wakako Tanabe | Kito's maid B (uncredited) |
| Chie Sugiura | (uncredited) |
| Sadako Amemiya | (uncredited) |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | けものみち |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | TOHO |
| Release date | 5 settembre 1965 |
| Production | Sanezumi Fujimoto, Masakatsu Kaneko |
| Writer | Seicho Matsumoto, Eizō Sugawa, Yoshio Shirasaka |
| Editing | Yoshitami Kuroiwa |
| Cinematography | Yasumichi Fukuzawa |
| Assistant directors | Kiyoshi Nishimura, Eizō Sugawa |
| Lighting | Chōshirō Ishii |
| Camera operators | Yasumichi Fukuzawa |
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| Additional photography | Yasumichi Fukuzawa |
| Production design | Yoshirō Muraki |
| Art direction | Yoshirō Muraki |
| Set decoration | Yoshirō Muraki |
| Music | Toru Takemitsu, Toshiya Ban |
| Sound | Toshiya Ban, Toru Takemitsu |
Release dates
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