The Woman with Red Hair(1979)

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.

Genre: Drama

Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro

Actors: Junko Miyashita, Renji Ishibashi, Ako, Moeko Ezawa, Noboru Mitani, Miyako Yamaguchi, Hatsuo Yamaya, Kai Atô, Akira Takahashi

Release date: 1979-02-17

Country of origin: Japan

Length: 1h 13m

Ratings:

• 5.6/10