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KUROI JUNIN NO ONNA (1961)

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Film details

Featuring

Eiji Funakoshi Keiko Kishi Fujiko Yamamoto
Director

Kon Ichikawa
Country

Japan
Year

1961
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

TEN DARK WOMEN Alternative
TEN WOMEN IN BLACK SUITS Alternative

Synopsis

Weary of their lot, ten women - all mistresses of the same philandering businessman - join forces to wreak revenge upon him. A comedy of reversed expectations, gleefully upending traditional onscreen representations of gender (the women here act and talk like men, while the men are weak, confused or ineffectual), it's shot in an exaggerated noir-ish manner - complete with multiple flashbacks and highly stylised visuals - that serves highlight the artificiality of its conceit.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Kaze Matsukichi
    
    Eiji Funakoshi
  - Ichiko Ishinoshita
    
    Keiko Kishi
  - Futaba Kaze
    
    Fujiko Yamamoto
  - Miwako
    
    Mariko Miyagi
  - Shio Shimura
    
    Tamao Nakamura
  - Sayako Goto
    
    Kyoko Kishida
  - Chuko
    
    Uno Yoshiko
  - Nanashige
    
    Chieko Murai
  - Yashiro
    
    Masumi Ariake
  - Kiyoko
    
    Yuka Konno
  - Itoko
    
    Mayumi Kurata
  - Momoko
    
    Kayoko Moriyama
  - Hanamaki
    
    Juzo Itami
  - Honcho
    
    Tomoo Nagai
  - Nogami
    
    Shirô Otsuji
  - Wakayama
    
    Shunji Sayama
  - .
    
    Hiroko Nakagawa
  - .
    
    Jun Hamamura
  - .
    
    Koichi Ito
  - .
    
    Akira Natsuki
  - .
    
    Kyosuke Shiho
  - .
    
    Hana Hajime and the Crazy Cats
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Kon Ichikawa
  - Assistant Director
    
    Masuya Nakamura
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Daiei
  - Producer
    
    Masaichi Nagata
  - Planning
    
    Hiroaki Fujii
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Natto Wada
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Setsuo Kobayashi
  - Lighting
    
    Yukio Ito
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Tatsuji Nakashizu
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Tomoo Shimogawara
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Yasushi Akutagawa
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Kenichi Nishii

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