| Director: | Yasuzô Masamura |
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| Production: | Daiei |
| Running Time: | 90' |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Country: | Japan |
| Year: | 1964 |
| Main Cast: | Ayako Wakao, Kyoko Kishida, Eiji Funakoshi, Yusuke Kawazu
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| Screenplay: | Kaneto Shindō |
| Cinematographer: | Setsuo Kobayashi |
| Editor: | Tatsuji Nakasizu |
| Music: | Tadashi Yamanouchi |
| Sound: | Takeo Suda |
| Restoration: | Kadokawa Corporation |
| Laboratories: | Imagica Entertainment, Media Services Inc. |
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| Note: | From the novel Quicksand by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki |
The first movie in Japanese history to deal with lesbian love explicitly. A sweet and dangerous relationship between a married woman and a beautiful young lady. A masterpiece that embodies the aesthetics of Tanizaki’s literature.
In many of the characters of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s novels are people who risk their lives for a lifetime to love and be loved. The characters of Manji also make an unspeakable effort for love. They try to love and be loved, through elaborate schemes, tremendous sleight of hand, physical pleas, and every other means possible. It seems tragic and comedic, grotesque and beautiful. This striving for love reminds us of the diversity, complexity, richness, and strength of human beings and the depth of transformative life energy.
KINEMA JUNPO, Late July 1964
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