Tsumatachi no gogo wa yori: kannō no ori
1976 · 1h 12m
Skip it. This obscure Japanese drama about suburban ennui and infidelity sounds like a slow-burn character study with no clear emotional payoff—and without any critical support or cast recognition to justify the time investment, you're better off finding something with more immediate engagement.
Plot
Time passes quietly without incident. Shizue lives peacefully as a wife. Masako, who is Shizue's friend and lives in Nagoya, uses Shizue as an alibi and comes to Tokyo several times a month to have an affair. When Shizue learns that Masako's cheating partner is Akira, a star athlete back in high school, a faint feeling of jealousy runs through her...
Director: Shōgorō Nishimura
Cast: Junko Miyashita, Remika Hokuto, Tokuko Watanabe, Yoshinori Furukawa, Kenji Kodama