Movie

The Woman with Red Hair

Released: February 17, 1979 (1979)

Runtime: 73 minutes

Genres: Drama

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Noboru Mitani as Alcoholic Man
Age at release: 46
Hatsuo Yamaya as Kozo's Sister's Lover
Age at release: 45
Akira Takahashi as President
Age at release: 44
Moeko Ezawa as Kozo's Sister
Age at release: 43
Renji Ishibashi as Kozo
Age at release: 37
Yoko Ishido as Woman in Shabu
Age at release: 33
Kai Ato as Takao
Age at release: 32
Junko Miyashita as Woman with Red Hair
Age at release: 30
Miyako Yamaguchi as Haruko
Age at release: 27
Ако as Kazuko
Age at release: 20

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Saburō Shōji as Husband
Age at release: 33
Ryoichi Sato as Worker
Age at release: Unknown